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The article is intentionally misleading. It leaves out the intention of the "students". It appears they paid so as to stay in the country, but never actually to
by anu7df 6y ago
The article is intentionally misleading. It leaves out the intention of the "students". It appears they paid so as to stay in the country, but never actually took any classes. I wonder what would have happened if any of them showed up to the university to study. Sure it looks like entrapment, but except for the part where ice kept the money they took from each of the students, I cannot find fault with this. Keeping the money has parallels with asset forfeiture..
- upofadown 6y ago>Keeping the money has parallels with asset forfeiture.. Not really. Hardly proceeds of crime. More like a fine collected via fraud.
- joshuaissac 6y agoA number of students did show up to the university to study. > The government says everyone who paid tuition knew what they were doing, that they were illegally paying to stay, not attend school. People who work in the building where the university was located contradict that. > Steven Jeffers said some came with backpacks, asking about classes. https://www.wxyz.com/news/students-detained-after-feds-use-fake-university-for-immigration-sting https://www.wxyz.com/news/students-detained-after-feds-use-f...
- lr4444lr 6y agoIANAL, and you are right generally, that law enforcement entrapment is not fraud because the suspect is engaged in criminal activity, but that doesn't quite seem to be what happened here according to the article: Though Farmington enrollees came to the U.S. on legal student visas—with some even transferring to the college from real universities—all were ordered to leave.
- ectopod 6y agoIf this is true, then the former students will lose their lawsuits. Surely it is better for this to be aired in court than for the government to claim sovereign immunity.