Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Feds raid Northern Virginia university

Immigration authorities raided a little-known Northern Virginia college Thursday, seizing computers and documents and leaving a population of approximately 2,000 mostly Indian students in limbo.

A letter posted to the Web site of the University of Northern Virginia in Annandale states that agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies arrived at the campus Thursday morning and took ?many items, such as computer hardware, equipment, and paper documents.

?We at UNVA were very surprised at the events that occurred yesterday,? said the university?s chancellor, David Lee, in the letter. He urges students to ignore the rumor mill and continue attending classes, which apparently will go on. A meeting for concerned students was scheduled for 10 a.m. today.

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