Misplaced Pages

University of Farmington: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editNext edit →Content deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 12:38, 3 February 2019 editWidefox (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Page movers, IP block exemptions, New page reviewers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers106,604 editsm →See also: already in body per WP:SEEALSO / WP:OVERLINK← Previous edit Revision as of 13:15, 3 February 2019 edit undoWinged Blades of Godric (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers40,041 edits A single criticism ought not be 1/3 rd - 1/4 th of the article.Tags: nowiki added Visual editNext edit →
Line 23: Line 23:


==Criticism== ==Criticism==
In its coverage of the incident, the '']'' quoted Ravi Mannam, an immigration lawyer based in Atlanta, who criticised the operation as "misleading", since some students were under the impression that their enrollment was being made in a legitimate program.<ref name="NYT_31Jan">{{cite news |last1=Mervosh |first1=Sarah |title=ICE Ran a Fake University in Michigan to Catch Immigration Fraud |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/us/farmington-university-arrests-ice.html |publisher=The New York Times |date=31 January 2019}}</ref> Some of the students had also come to the United States to enroll in other institutions only to discover that their intended program had lost its ]. Those students then enrolled at Farmington under the belief that their prior credits could be ] into the new program. Other students affected included those who had already completed legitimate ] in the USA and were waiting for the approval of a ]; such students, according to Mannam, had enrolled in the University of Farmington as a "stopgap measure" to avoid having to leave the country. He stated that "the government utilized very questionable and troubling methods to get these foreign students to join the institution".<ref name="NYT_31Jan" /> In its coverage of the incident, the '']'' quoted Ravi Mannam, an immigration lawyer based in Atlanta, who criticised the operation as "misleading" and accused the government of utilizing <nowiki>''</nowiki>very questionable and troubling methods to get these foreign students to join the institution", since some students were under the impression that their enrollment was being made in a legitimate program.<ref name="NYT_31Jan">{{cite news |last1=Mervosh |first1=Sarah |title=ICE Ran a Fake University in Michigan to Catch Immigration Fraud |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/us/farmington-university-arrests-ice.html |publisher=The New York Times |date=31 January 2019}}</ref>


==See also== ==See also==

Revision as of 13:15, 3 February 2019

University of Farmington
MottoScientia Et Labor
TypeICE-created fake university
Active2015–2019
Undergraduates600+
LocationFarmington Hills, Michigan, U.S.
Websiteuniversityoffarmington.edu

The University of Farmington was a fake university set up in 2015 in Michigan by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as a part of a sting operation of the United States Department of Homeland Security to expose student visa fraud. Since 2015, the fake university was part of an operation codenamed "Paper Chase". Since 2017 Homeland Security officers posed as university officials. First reported on by Detroit News, Homeland Security and ICE arrested around 200 students on 30 January 2019 who face deportation. A total of around 600 students are involved. Of the 130 students arrested, 129 were from India, which issued a diplomatic note concerning the "dignity and well-being of the detained students and the need for immediate consular access".

According to the prosecutors the students enrolled "knew that they would not attend any actual classes, earn credits or make academic progress towards an actual degree." The recruiters had taken money from the university for getting students and made a profit of more than $250,000. Eight men involved in the case as recruiters have been arrested and charged with visa fraud and harbouring aliens for profit.

University of Farmington

According to the indictments the university had its own real website that provided the program details, tuition pricing and contact information. The phone number of the university was directed to a voice mail box for the "office of admissions". The university did not have instructors or actual classes. The "about" section of the school's website wrote: "University of Farmington traces its lineage back to the early 1950s, when returning soldiers from the Second World War were seeking a quality and marketable education." As per the website, the University is accredited by the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs and the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges and "authorized by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program to admit foreign students". As per the website of the University of Farmington graduate tuition quarter yearly is $2,500, which is very low for US standards. The University of Farmington's headquarters was in the basement of North Valley office complex located on Northwestern Highway north of Inkster Road in Farmington Hills. According to Matt Friedman, who worked in the same building, the university had no classrooms and never saw anyone there.

Criticism

In its coverage of the incident, the New York Times quoted Ravi Mannam, an immigration lawyer based in Atlanta, who criticised the operation as "misleading" and accused the government of utilizing ''very questionable and troubling methods to get these foreign students to join the institution", since some students were under the impression that their enrollment was being made in a legitimate program.

See also

References

  1. ^ Mervosh, Sarah (31 January 2019). "ICE Ran a Fake University in Michigan to Catch Immigration Fraud". The New York Times.
  2. Warikoo, Niraj (30 January 2019). "Farmington Hills fake university set up by ICE to nab foreign students". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  3. ^ Noori Farzan, Antonia (31 January 2019). "ICE set up a fake university. Hundreds enrolled, not realizing it was a sting operation". Washington Post. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  4. ^ Snell, Robert (30 January 2019). "Feds used fake Michigan university in immigration sting". Detroit News. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-31. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. Sudhir, Uma (31 January 2019). "8 Indians Caught In Visa Scam In US Undercover Op, Many Face Deportation". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2019-01-31. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  6. "India issues demarche to US on detention of students: Officials from the Indian embassy and consulates in the US visited several detention centres and about 30 students have so far been contacted by consular officers". New Delhi: Hindustan Times. February 3, 2019.
  7. Raj, Yashwant (31 January 2019). "Hundreds of Indian students face jail, deportation in US college scam". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2019-01-31. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  8. "About". The University of Farmington. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-31. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  9. "Factoids". The University of Farmington. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-31. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  10. Lakshman, Sriram (31 January 2019). "Indians arrested, students detained in U.S. on visa fraud charges". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  11. Press Trust of India (31 January 2019). "Indians studying in a fraudulent university arrested". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2019-01-31.

External links

Categories: