Instead of starting his first week at Michigan State University, he was placed on a flight back to Tehran on Monday afternoon.
, Michigan, to start his first week at Michigan State University was forced by federal agents to return to his home country.
Esfidajani was accepted as a Michigan State graduate student and scheduled to start this week, university spokesperson Emily Guerrant said. He was to officially enroll when he arrived on campus. A visa does not guarantee entry to the USA, according to an emailed statement from a CBP spokesperson. He pointed to the travel ban in 2017 limiting travel from Muslim-majority countries and the increasing tensions between U.S. and Iranian forces after a U.S. drone strike killed Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani in December.
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