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Yunseo Chung, Columbia Student Who Has Lived In The U.S. Since 7, Sues To Stop Her ICE Deportation After She Participated In Pro-Palestine Protests
Yunseo Chung, Columbia Student Who Has Lived In The U.S. Since 7, Sues To Stop Her ICE Deportation After She Participated In Pro-Palestine Protests

A  Columbia University  stude nt who is a permanent resident filed a lawsuit on Monday to stop a deportation order that was given after she participated in  on-campus protests in support of Palestine . She says other participating students have been detained or have had deportation orders filed against them. What does student protestor Yunseo Chung’s lawsuit say? Yunseo Chung moved to the United States from South Korea with her parents when she was 7. Now 21, she is a permanent resident and has enrolled as a Columbia student. According to the Associated Press , she was told her permanent resident status was being “revoked” on March 10, 2025. She said ICE was ordered to deport her after she was arrested on campus on March 5. She was protesting Columbia’s actions against student protestors. She was part of a group of students who staged a sit-in at a library at Barnard College, which is across the street from Columbia. Chung said in the lawsuit that ICE agents came to her parents’...

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