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Harvard Professor Detained by ICE After Boston Synagogue Shooting, Agrees to Voluntarily Leave US
Carlos Portugal Gouvea pleaded guilty to illegally firing a pellet gun near a synagogue on Yom Kippur, had his visa revoked, and agreed to leave the U.S., officials said.
- On Dec 4, U.S. immigration authorities arrested Carlos Portugal Gouvea, Brazilian citizen and visiting Harvard Law School professor, after he pleaded guilty to discharging a pellet gun outside the synagogue; he agreed to leave the country, the Homeland Security Department said.
- Police arrested Carlos Portugal Gouvea on Oct. 1 after finding him hiding with a BB gun near Temple Beth Zion on the eve of Yom Kippur, and he pleaded guilty Nov. 13 to illegal use of an air rifle.
- Harvard Law School lists Carlos Portugal Gouvea as a visiting professor teaching two courses this fall, and according to his Harvard profile, he leads an environmental and social justice think tank in Brazil and is an associate professor at the University of São Paulo Law School.
- Officials justified enforcement by saying it is a privilege to work and study in the United States, not a right, State Department assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin said; neither Gouvea nor his attorney could be reached for comment Thursday.
- The case arrives amid broader disputes between Harvard University and the Trump administration, which described the episode as an `anti‑Semitic shooting incident` despite Temple Beth Zion leaders and Brookline Police Department disputing that motive.
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