Harvard professor detained by ICE after Boston synagogue shooting, agrees to voluntarily leave US
The Department of Homeland Precaution DHS on Wednesday released ICE had detained a Harvard Law School professor accused in a shooting outside a synagogue in October Carlos Portugal Gouvea a Brazilian national was arrested Oct after he allegedly fired a BB gun outside a Boston area synagogue the day before Yom Kippur Gouvea described leadership at the time he was hunting rats He pleaded guilty Nov to illegal use of the air rifle while his other charges of disturbing the peace disorderly conduct and vandalizing property were dismissed HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S FEUD WITH TRUMP AFFECTING STUDENTS RESEARCH AND REPUTATION ADJUNCT PROFESSOR The Harvard Crimson first shared Gouvea was suspended by the university pending the analysis with synagogue leaders noting in an email the shooting was not fueled by antisemitism Two weeks after the shooting the Department of State revoked his temporary non-immigrant J- visa ICE Boston Enforcement and Removal Operations ERO arrested Gouvea on Wednesday and he agreed to voluntarily leave the U S rather than be deported according to DHS TRUMP SUSPENDS FOREIGN ASPIRANT VISAS AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY AMID NATIONAL SAFEGUARD CONCERNS It is a privilege to work and survey in the United States not a right DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin wrote in a report There is no room in the United States for brazen violent acts of anti-Semitism like this They are an affront to our core principals as a country and an unacceptable threat against law-abiding American citizens McLaughlin added DHS is under zero obligation to admit foreigners who commit these inexplicably reprehensible acts or to let them stay here Secretary Kristi Noem has made it clear that anyone who thinks they can come to America and commit anti-American and anti-Semitic violence and terrorism should think again she wrote You are not welcome here Gouvea was a visiting professor of law at Harvard with his full-time position being an associate professor at the University of S o Paulo Law School and CEO of IDGlobal in Brazil The university website noted he led research that shaped major Brazilian Supreme Court decisions documented violence against Indigenous peoples and participated on the boards of several Brazilian companies including the Fulbright Commission Brazilian Students Organization Generation and Sempre SanFran Harvard did not promptly respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment
