Student who sued Trump takes powerful stand against ‘constant dread’ of deportation threats

Yunseo Chung: ‘This decision feels like a million pounds off of my chest. I feel like I could fly.’ Photograph: Courtesy of Naz Ahmad

In a matter of days, Yunseo Chung was sent into hiding.

On 5 March, Chung – a 21-year-old student at Columbia University – attended a sit-in to protest the expulsion of several students involved in pro-Palestinian activism at the famed New York university. Four days later, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents showed up at her parents’ home.