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A Purdue University student who was renditioned to a Louisiana ICE airport camp after being snatched by ICE officers at an immigration meeting has been released.

"'Everything just feels surreal,' said Go, 20, as she was walked out of federal detention with her mother, Rev. Kyrie Kim."

"(Go) is now a college student at Purdue University, has been in the U.S. with her, on a religious dependent visa, since 2021."

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Sad sign of the times from #PurdueUniversity (where my son just graduated):

They were caught pulling down and painting over murals in the Pharmacy Department that promoted such controversial(?) values as "respect", "community outreach", "intercultural development" and, of course, the newly forbidden concepts of "diversity" and "equity." Yes, Purdue is a giant research university and depends on Federal research grants but it is extremely sad to see them caving to this regime's speech-quelling fear campaign.

Maybe related or not: #Purdue also announced this week that they are stopping distribution of the student newspaper, The Exponent, after 50 years.