Posted on 04/09/2025 5:58:55 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
An international student studying at the University of Florida has been deported to his home country of Colombia after he was arrested for alleged traffic violations, his family and local officials said.
Felipe Zapata Velázquez, 27, has become one of the latest foreign students studying in the United States to be deported, following a widespread crackdown by President Donald Trump's administration.
A protest to demand his immigration status be returned will be held at the college on Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. ET.
NBC Miami obtained body-worn camera footage showing the moment Zapata Velázquez was stopped by police in Gainesville, Florida, on March 28. "I'm an international student," he tells an officer. "I just came from Colombia."
Police records cited by NBC Miami show he was cited for numerous offenses, including having an illegal license plate and driving with a suspended or revoked license and registration tag.
Like many others who have faced ICE detention, Zapata Velázquez had a valid F-1 student visa. The university confirmed that he is a third-year undergraduate majoring in food and resource economics, but said it could not comment further for privacy reasons.
Dimitris Liveris, leader of the University of Florida Young Democratic Socialists of America, which is organizing Wednesday's protest, told NBC Miami: "Right now, we're seeing waves and waves of fear throughout the student body because people don't know what's going to get them placed in an ICE prison.
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Good. Let’s have more traffic stops.
You people come here, break our laws while guests in our country and you cry like a lil beech when we have a man with a backbone who will enforce our laws instead of fellating your country.
El. Boo. HOO.
And how did he get a driver license. Is there some special type that gives them driving privileges?
“Dimitris Liveris, leader of the University of Florida Young Democratic Socialists of America”
How about we deport this guy too.
“Dimitris Liveris, leader of the University of Florida Young Democratic Socialists of America, which is organizing Wednesday’s protest,....”
ICE better be there checking IDs.
Somehow I think there is a lot more to this story that is not being pushed by this (left wing Democrat media outlet) source
Be afraid, Dimitris. Be very afraid.
Should be sent home for idiocy alone.
“And how did he get a driver license.”
Applies at DMV and takes the tests.
Facts the bury deeper in the article:
Police records cited by NBC Miami show he was cited for numerous offenses, including having an illegal license plate and driving with a suspended or revoked license and registration tag.
What the article doe snot tell you is:
Velásquez was in the process of renewing his student visa at the time of his arrest.
Literally he was here illegally, they alway leave that part out.
To summarize, here illegally and willfully with careless disregard violating numerous laws, some of which protect American citizens. There have been cases of deaths via hit and runs form illegal aliens.
This bozo 100% needed deported.
GOOD! It opens up a place for an AMERICAN student.
Was he in the process of naturalization or, like too many illegals, not going through the process at all?
“...he was cited for numerous offenses, including having an illegal license plate and driving with a suspended or revoked license and registration tag.”
Perhaps not committing crimes would be a good idea if you want to stay here.
CNNs version...
Student Deported for Expired Plates!!
“. . . what’s going to get them placed in an ICE prison?”
Flaunting our laws!
There always is.
WHAT?
That sounds accurate..
The article mentions he’s 27 years old, I don’t when he entered UF, 27 is rather old to still be in college, unless he’s enrolled in a PHD program or in something like Medical School.
One of the citations was for driving without a valid license and another citation for not having a valid license plate. This is flagrant disregard of laws and safety regulations, much more than going 15 miles over the speed limit. Let’s also remember that generally international students are here only because they or their families are wealthy and/or politically connected in the home countries.
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