US EditionIranian students at the University of Alabama say immigration crackdown echoes repression at home
- Iranian doctoral students Sama Ebrahimi Bajgani and Alireza Doroudi were living in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, when immigration officers arrested Doroudi before dawn in 2024.
- Doroudi’s visa was revoked in June 2023 without explanation from the embassy, prompting his detention amid a wider immigration crackdown targeting international students across the U.S.
- Doroudi is being held in an immigration detention center in Louisiana, located more than 300 miles from Tuscaloosa, as he awaits a hearing on his deportation set for the coming week; meanwhile, his friends and family report that the situation has caused him significant stress and a decline in his health.
- More than 1,000 international students have lost visas since late March under the policy, though no evidence has been publicly presented to prove Doroudi is a security threat, his lawyer said.
- The arrests and detentions prompt Iranian students to say they feel returning to repression, with Bajgani stating, "All of a sudden it feels like we're returning back to Iran again.
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Iranian students at the University of Alabama say immigration crackdown echoes repression at home
Alireza Doroudi has been detained in an immigration facility in Louisiana for nearly six weeks. Doroudi’s detention has instilled fear in the small Iranian community in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he and his fiancee are doctoral students.
International students in Alabama fearful after researcher with no political ties is detained – UK Times
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sama Ebrahimi Bajgani and her fiance, Alireza Doroudi, had just spent an evening celebrating the Persian new year at the University of Alabama when seven armed immigration officers came to their apartment before dawn and arrested Doroudi. In a moment, the young c…
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