India, Aug. 5 -- Yeonsoo Go, the daughter of a pioneering Episcopal priest and a Purdue University student, was held and put under expedited repatriation procedures after her routine immigration court hearing.

On July 31, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 20-year-old Yeonsoo Go outside the federal courthouse at Federal Plaza in Manhattan. Go moved to the US from South Korea in 2021 on an R-2 (Temporary religious worker) visa with her mother.

Go is legally enrolled at Purdue University, stated her family and counsel, adding that her stay was lawfully prolonged in 2023. Her next court appearance is set for October.

The ICE action has sparked outrage among civil rights organizations, Korean American advocacy groups, an...