Sri Lanka, Dec. 8 -- U.S. immigration agents said they arrested a Ferris State University professor originally from Sri Lanka who has a criminal history that includes death threats and conviction in a case involving a juvenile, the Detroit news reported.

Sumith Gunasekera was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on Nov. 12 in Detroit, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a press release on late November.

Gunasekera is an assistant professor of marketing at Ferris State, in Big Rapids, Michigan, according to the university's website. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka and a Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Nevada.

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