US EditionUniversity of Utah Student Speaks Out After Being Detained by ICE in Colorado
- Caroline Dias Goncalves, a 19-year-old University of Utah student, was arrested by ICE on June 5, 2025, in Grand Junction, Colorado, after a traffic stop.
- Her arrest followed a Mesa County deputy sharing her immigration status in a Signal chat, which federal authorities used for enforcement, prompting an ongoing sheriff's investigation.
- Dias Goncalves spent 15 days detained at the Aurora ICE facility, describing the conditions as a nightmare with confusing schedules and soggy food, but noted some staff treated her better after realizing she spoke English.
- She said, "The past 15 days have been the hardest of my life" and forgives the ICE officer who said, "he wanted to let me go, but his hands were tied."
- Dias Goncalves plans to focus on work, school, and healing while hoping others avoid her experience, highlighting broader calls for legal status and support for immigrants like her.
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NBC NewsDreamer who spent 15 days in ICE detention says she was 'scared and felt alone'
Scared, alone and heartbroken: that’s how 19-year-old Caroline Dias Goncalves said she felt the two weeks she spent in a detention center in Colorado after immigration authorities arrested her following a traffic stop. “The past 15 days have been the hardest of my life,” Dias Goncalves, who is a student at the University of Utah, said in her first statement since being released on bond over the weekend. Born in Brazil and raised in Utah since sh…
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