South Korean student released after five-day ICE detention based on invalid visa claims
Jul 31, 2025·Location: New York, NY
Country of origin: South Korea

Yeonsoo Go, a 21-year-old Scarsdale High School graduate attending Purdue University, was arrested by ICE on July 31, 2025, outside a federal courthouse in New York following a routine visa hearing. ICE claimed her R-2 religious worker visa had expired over two years prior, but Go was released on August 5 after her attorney confirmed the visa remained valid through December 2025. Go's mother is an Episcopal church pastor in Scarsdale, and Go had been in the process of converting to a student visa at the time of her detention.
Sources
- The CLEAR Project Archives - Korean Quarterly
- Scarsdale student detained by ICE was released, lawmaker says
api-prod.gothamist.com·archived copy
Gothamist·Aug 5, 2025·archived copy
- Who is Yeonsoo Go? South Korean student and a priest’s daughter detained by US immigration officials
- ICE's Biggest Blunder: Scarsdale HS Grad Yeonsoo Go is Released After 5 Days Detention | Yonkers Times
yonkerstimes.com·Aug 6, 2025·archived copy
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