University of Florida Student Sent to ICE Detention Facility Over Expired Driver’s License

A student at the University of Florida is being held at a detention facility in Miami after he was pulled over and found to be driving with an expired license and registration tag.

Twenty-seven-year-old international student Felipe Zapata Velásquez , who is in the country on a student visa, was arrested by the Gainesville Police Department on March 28 over the infractions.

Zapata Velásquez, a Colombian national, was reportedly sent to the Krome Detention Center in Miami and has not been heard from since he was taken there on April 1. As noted by the Miami New Times, he does not appear in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee database . The New Times reported :…

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