100 Indian students arrested at Farmington University |
WASHINGTON - Several hundred Indian students face arrest following the arrest of eight recruiters and some students over an alleged immigration fraud detected by a fake university sting operation set up by government agencies to crack down on visa scams. The American Telugu Association reported that 100 students were arrested in morning raids Jan. 31. The Indian Consulate General in Chicago reported receiving the names of 29 Indians arrested in the case. The charges against the eight people who allegedly ran the scheme were made public in a federal court in Detroit in Michigan State. The Department of Homeland Security said in court documents that it set up Farmington University with undercover agents as staff in Farmington Hills, Michigan, to target foreign students who were staying in the U.S. without proper authorization. ATA said on its website that it contacted several attorneys and confirmed that arrest warrants for 600 students had been issued and 100 students arrested. Indian diplomats in Chicago contacted U.S. government officials to get information about the case, P.K. Mishra, the head of Chancery at the Consulate General, told IANS Jan. 31.
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