Tuscalosa, Allah.
At one point, the young couple’s life shrunk.
“I lived a normal life until that night. After that it’s nothing normal,” said Bajani.
Detailing Details of Doroudi spread to the small Iranian community in Tuscaloosa, where Bajgani and Doroudik are doctoral students. Other Iranian students say that the faculty recommends “Lass” and “invisible”.
Doroudi Donald Trump is among the US students arrested within the cruise against the President’s immigration. Bajgani said the couple does not know why Doroumi – does not have a crime or public political view – which deals with deportation, adding that Last visit to Trump He felt the University of school “ignorant of our crisis”.
A friend of Iranian Civil Engineering and Dorouudi said that a nearby friend has lost more than 10 pounds (4.5 kilos), due to stress and depression, six weeks from Dorouudi arrested.
“It’s all waiting for our turn. Every knock could be, all emails could be deportation,” the student said, because of the loss of his legal status.
Now it avoids unnecessary travel away. When he was in a car accident last month, he asked the other driver not to call the police, even if he did not blame him, he did not want to pay attention to himself.
‘I stopped with their permission’
Bajgani said Doroudik, 32 years old, Shiraz, Iran is the ambitious mechanical engineering.
It was legally introduced in the United States in January 2023 in a student visa. Bajgani said he often worked for 60 hours while he was doing time to run the flaws for loved ones.
“If it doesn’t come to someone who deserves someone like him, nothing is called american American,” he said.
Doroudi’s visa was revoked in June 2023, but the embassy did not give a reason and ignore his queries, Bajgani said. The university told him while he remained a student, but it was not allowed if the US stayed again, he said.
It was under this guidance when immigration agents arrived at the door of the couple.
The University of Alabama did not comment on the case of Doroudi, but he has said that it provides resources to help meet the future Federal Law on campus. The visa also provides guidance to invalid students.
“Our international students are members of our campus community,” said University Spokesperson Monica Watts in a statement.
Doroudi said Bajgani spent three days in the county prison, sleeping on the floor and feeling panic.
It is now in an arresting facility of more than 300 kilometers of Tuscaloosa, while he waits for the audience scheduled next to Tuscaloos next week. At least one other There is a high-profile international student.
“I didn’t deserve this. If I was asked to appear in court, I wasn’t illegitable with their permission. I said,” said Bajgani on a phone to give others a letter to others. “What was the reason for throwing in jail?”
Trump’s immigration breakdown
Have had more than 1,000 US international students Visas or legal status have been revoked From the end of March, according to a press review of university expressions and correspondences. They entered Some protested Israel’s war in Gaza. Since then it is to enforce immigration and customs These revocations were reversedIncluding students at four university colleges in Alabama.
“University staff closely monitor changes that can affect them and communicate updates related to new protocols and procedures,” Watts said.
In mid-April a Judge Doroudi denied Louisiana said that he did not have enough national security threat, Doroudi’s lawyers, who said David Rozas. Rozas said that he was “flabbergasted” because the government has not presented evidence that Dorouudik is a threat, but that is supposed to be the department of the Abbots.
A familiar sense of fear
International students make up more than 13% of the University of Alabama according to the program of the Alabama Graduate Program School website. More than 100 students in Iran go to college, according to the estimation of the Iranian student association.
Every year, a picnic gather a lot to celebrate Sizdah Bedar, celebrating thirteen of Persian New Year, which begins with spring.
This year, a festive holiday “felt like a funeral service,” said an Iranian doctoral student. At one point, silence fell into the group when the police car passed.
“It’s hard to live here, it’s about to be yourself and growing,” the student said, because he spoke to anonymity situation, because he fears revenge.
Has criticized Iranian regime Five years ago since he arrived in the United States, so he suspects It is no longer safe in his hometown. Now, Alabama has the same doubts.
“Suddenly it feels that we’re going back to Iran,” he said.
2025-05-04 14:55:00
