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Ferris State University professor arrested by ICE, accused of sex crimes
Fox 17 West Michigan ^ | November 26, 2025 | Zac Harmon

Posted on 11/30/2025 8:10:01 AM PST by TheDon

DETROIT — A professor at Ferris State University was arrested in Detroit on Tuesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, the agency said.

Sumith Gunasekera was living in the U.S. illegally, according to ICE. He also was convicted of sex crimes in Canada and Nevada, per a release by the agency.

In 1998, Gunasekera was arrested twice over a three day period: first for allegedly uttering death threats on August 28, 1998; then again on August 31 for allegedly inviting a minor to sexual touching. He was convicted of both charges that November and spent 1 month behind bars, according to ICE.

Then in 2003, police in Las Vegas arrested Gunasekera for gross lewdness. A judge convicted him on a count of disorderly conduct.

According to federal investigators, Gunasekera first entered the U.S. in February 1998, left for Canada, then returned later that year on a student visa. In 2012, he was flagged by ICE for the 1998 convictions in Canada when Gunasekera applied for a change in status in the U.S. Those criminal convictions would make him ineligible for legal status in the U.S.

Gunasekera allegedly manipulated the immigration system in the years since to avoid deportation through new applications and appeals, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

“It's sickening that a sex offender was working as a professor on an American college campus and was given access to vulnerable students to potentially victimize them,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “Thanks to the brave ICE law enforcement officers, this sicko is behind bars and no longer able to prey on Americans. His days of exploiting the immigration system are OVER. Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, criminals are not welcome in the U.S.”

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Ferris State University vetting is a bit lacking.
1 posted on 11/30/2025 8:10:01 AM PST by TheDon
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To: TheDon; SaveFerris

Bump.


2 posted on 11/30/2025 8:10:46 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dfwgator

I Dindu Nuffin’!!!

There was a Flood!

Locusts!


3 posted on 11/30/2025 8:13:46 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: TheDon

Game Over, Pal!


4 posted on 11/30/2025 8:21:23 AM PST by lee martell
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To: TheDon

The MI Fox island abuse is part of Michigan Culture now.


5 posted on 11/30/2025 8:40:30 AM PST by cnsmom
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To: TheDon

Sumith Gunasekera was living in the U.S. illegally,

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he is now “a Michigan Man”
he was “a Canadian Man”

the piece never identifies the country Gunasekera illegally immigrated in from to begin with?


6 posted on 11/30/2025 9:01:34 AM PST by thinden (Buckle Up!)
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To: thinden

You’re right, not in this article. Across oversight by the author and editor.

I believe he’s from Sri Lanka originally, from a different source.


7 posted on 11/30/2025 9:06:55 AM PST by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: TheDon

Schools and churches seem to be where these perverts seek to blend in (hide).
The vetting process for every aspect of life must be more thorough.
Too many creeps are getting in under the radar.


8 posted on 11/30/2025 9:27:29 AM PST by Fireone (1. Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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To: SaveFerris

Save Ferris


9 posted on 11/30/2025 9:30:13 AM PST by null and void (New NYC hungry homeless begging sign: "I got what you voted for, PLEASE HELP!")
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To: TheDon

Professor of Data Science and Analytics.


10 posted on 11/30/2025 9:36:46 AM PST by ameribbean expat
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To: TheDon

My alma mater. Ferris was founded in the 1880s as a technical training institute for industry.Then the state took it over. A far cry of what it once was.


11 posted on 11/30/2025 9:40:07 AM PST by Rural_Michigan
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To: TheDon

with his background it’s not hard to see how he was hired as professor.


12 posted on 11/30/2025 9:42:32 AM PST by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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To: TheDon

Just another one of the Democrat’s hero list?


13 posted on 11/30/2025 9:54:33 AM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: null and void

😂


14 posted on 11/30/2025 10:19:51 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: TheDon

Bueller?


15 posted on 11/30/2025 10:28:25 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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