Students Who Paid to Enroll in ICE’s Fake University May Sue for Refund, Court Rules

The fake Michigan-based university was set up to catch foreign nationals seeking to abuse the student visa system.

The Department of Homeland Security flag flies at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Washington on June 28, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Hundreds of foreign nationals who enrolled in a fake university created by federal immigration agents as part of a sting operation may sue to recover the funds, a federal court ruled June 25.

The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit revives a class action lawsuit centered around “the University of Farmington,” a fictitious institution that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) set up in Detroit nearly a decade ago in an effort to catch those seeking to abuse the student visa system.