Columbia University student Yunseo Chung sues Trump administration for trying to deport her

Columbia student Yunseo Chung (Image Credit: X)

A 21-year outdated Columbia University student Yunseo Chung has filed a lawsuit in opposition to the Trump administration after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tried to deport her regardless of her lawful everlasting resident standing.
The Columbia junior is asking a choose to forestall the administration from detaining her, transferring her out of New York City or eradicating her from the nation whereas her lawsuit performs out.
After Mahmoud Khalil, that is one other student who stated that the Trump administration has focused her for deportation over her pro-Palestinian views.
Since 2023, Trump has repeatedly vowed to revoke visas of worldwide college students who take part in pro-Palestinian protests and criticize Israel’s battle efforts.
Chung, a everlasting resident who got here to the US on the age of seven from South Korea, stated that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement moved to deport her after she was arrested March 5 whereas protesting the Ivy League college’s disciplinary actions in opposition to student protesters.
The authorized motion began on Monday after ICE obtained an administrative warrant for Chung’s arrest, informing the South Korean citizen of her standing revocation, though such authority lies solely with immigration judges, The Hill reported.
The authorized paperwork state that ICE subsequently pursued her, conducting searches at her household residence and college dormitory.
“ICE’s shocking actions against Chung form part of a larger pattern of attempted U.S. government repression of constitutionally protected protest activity and other forms of speech. The government’s repression has focused specifically on university students who speak out in solidarity with Palestinians and who are critical of the Israeli government’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza or the pro-Israeli policies of the US government and other US institutions,” the go well with reads.