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Jason Paladino@jason_paladino · Mar 24, 2025

NEW: ICE is hunting for Yunseo Chung, a Columbia student who attended pro-Palestine protests. Chung came to the US…

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ICE agents are hunting for Yunseo Chung, a Columbia University student and lawful permanent resident from South Korea, for attending pro-Palestine protests and being arrested during one for a misdemeanor charge. Her lawyers argue this represents government repression of constitutionally protected protest activity, and a judge has granted a temporary restraining order preventing her detention.

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    NEW: ICE is hunting for Yunseo Chung, a Columbia student who attended pro-Palestine protests. Chung came to the US from Korea with her family at age 7, and was her high school's valedictorian. She's a lawful permanent resident. Here's what we know so far. 🧵

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    March 9 - ICE HSI agent texts Chung, says its "Audrey from the police" - text message mentions that Chung was arrested, along with many others, during a protest for failing to leave an area, charged with "obstruction of governmental administration," a misdemeanor, often dropped.

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    That same day, Chung gets an email from Columbia Public Safety, informing her that the USAO for the Southern District has asked them to inform her of HSI agents seeking her arrest.

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    March 9 - ICE agents show up to Chung's parents house looking to arrest her, tell her parents that her legal status has been revoked. March 13 - Two federal officers execute warrants at two Columbia-owned residences, including Chung's dorms.

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    Chung's lawyers stress that she was not a movement leader, like Mahmoud Khalil, but only attended a few protests. She faced a disciplinary process from Columbia which found she was NOT in violation of any policies.

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    "ICE’s shocking actions against Ms. Chung form part of a larger pattern of attempted U.S. government repression of constitutionally protected protest activity and other forms of speech," her lawyers write in today's filing.

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    I am muting, was being too mean to braindead Canadian boomers, it was unbecoming.

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    UPDATE: Judge grants a temporary restraining order forbidding ICE from detaining Ms. Chung.