Yeonsoo G.: South Korean student detained five days by ICE despite valid visa
Yeonsoo Go, 21, a Purdue student and Scarsdale High graduate, was detained for five days after a routine visa hearing, despite her visa remaining valid through December. She was released on August 5.
Aug 5, 2025New York, NYCountry of origin: South Korea

Yeonsoo Go, a 21-year-old Scarsdale High School graduate and Purdue University student, was arrested by ICE outside a federal courthouse in New York on July 31, 2025, after attending a routine visa hearing that reportedly went well, with a judge granting her a late August hearing date. ICE claimed her R-2 religious worker visa had expired over two years earlier, but her attorney confirmed it remained valid through December 2025 and that she was in the process of converting to a student visa. Go was initially held without access to legal counsel at a Manhattan facility before being transferred to an ICE detention center in Louisiana. Her mother is an Episcopal church pastor in Scarsdale. Go was released on August 5 after five days in detention.
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- The CLEAR Project Archives
- Scarsdale student detained by ICE was released, lawmaker says
Gothamist·Aug 5, 2025·archived copy
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- ICE's Biggest Blunder: Scarsdale HS Grad Yeonsoo Go is Released After 5 Days Detention
Yonkers Times·Aug 6, 2025·archived copy
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