8 h. ago College student deported during Thanksgiving trip could've fought removal as a kid, US says

A U.S. government attorney says a college student in Massachusetts who was deported while visiting family for Thanksgiving missed chances to fight a removal order from her childhood

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34 h. ago Ali Faqirzada is an Afghan refugee. He deserves to stay in America | Francine Prose

In a more reasonable, more compassionate country, we would thank Ali Faqirzada for how much he has done on behalf of his people and our ownOn 14 October, Ali Faqirzada – an Afghan refugee, a resident of New Paltz, New York, and a computer science student at Bard College – arrived for an interview at a federal immigration office on Long Island. He was applying for political asylum, a designation for which he was – and remains – a perfect candidate.In his native country, Faqirzada had assisted the American government and Nato with projects designed to improve the lives of Afghan women and help them get an education. But after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, the ministry where he, his mother and sister had worked was bombed by the Taliban, and one of its employees was murdered.Francine Prose is a former president of PEN American Center and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Student describes ‘horror show’ ICE deportation to Honduras at Thanksgiving

Any Lucia López Belloza, 19, was detained at Boston airport while on the way to see family in Austin for a surprise tripAny Lucia López Belloza had not seen her parents and two little sisters since starting her first semester at Babson College, near Boston in August. A family friend gave her plane tickets so she could fly home to Austin and surprise them for Thanksgiving.The 19-year-old business student was already at the boarding gate at Boston airport when she was told there was an “error” with her boarding pass; when she reached customer service, she was handcuffed and arrested by what she believed were two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago An Oklahoma college student flunked her gender studies paper. Now Turning Point is leading her academic fight

The university placed the instructor on leave as it conducts a ‘full review’ of the matter

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3 d. ago College pledges support for student deported during Thanksgiving trip

Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was detained while en route to surprise family in Texas

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4 d. ago Texas A&M student dies just hours after rivalry game tailgate party

A Texas A&M student died hours after attending a tailgate party in Austin over the weekend and now the deceased 19-year-old's mother is challenging the story she claimed she got from police.

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7 d. ago College freshman is deported flying home for Thanksgiving surprise, despite court order

A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was deported to Honduras in violation of a court order, according to her attorney

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8 d. ago Violence erupts at UK college with security barriers hurled in mass student brawl

Security guards and staff struggled to break up the scrap after an initial confrontation between two boys descended into chaos

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8 d. ago ‘A Dreamer living a draconian nightmare’: Teen flying to see family at Thanksgiving deported to Honduras

Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, was detained at Boston Logan International Airport and sent to a country she has not revisited since childhood

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2 w. ago Football club chairman and taxi driver accused of 15 sexual offences

Nicky O'Connor's alleged victims include an off-duty police woman, a college student, and a passenger in his cab

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2 w. ago The teenager who quit Manchester City for Oxford University: ‘I felt I could do more’

Han Willhoft-King was fancied to succeed at Spurs then City but opted for law at Brasenose College above pressing sessions with GuardiolaFreshers’ week, Oxford University, early October. A time for the heart to hammer with excitement, when horizons are broadened inexorably. For minimal sleep and maximum fun. And for one or two tall stories, a bit of personal reinvention, perhaps.Take one new law student at Brasenose College, because he can certainly spin a few yarns. About the time, for example, he was coached by Yaya Touré at the Tottenham academy. He did not recognise him at first but then saw him on the ball and the penny dropped. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Returned after 115 years... the plate stolen from Cambridge University college by mischievous student

The plate was pilfered from Gonville & Caius College by law and history student Gordon Stewart Wimbush after he joined the university in 1908

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3 w. ago College student, 20, tragically killed in hit and run while jogging

Elsa McGrain's body was not found until 10 hours later, at 3:35am early on Friday morning, when a passerby spotted her body along the road and called the police

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4 w. ago Armed police swarm Reading college after student is wounded in attack

A boy suffered injuries which are not believed to be life-threatening at the college on Kings Road on Thursday afternoon.

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4 w. ago Arrest made as armed police called to college after student injured in attack

The boy’s injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

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