“I gave up and chose to self-deport, not because I wanted to but because I felt like I had no other choice.”

– Joytu Chowdhury, a 24-year-old former student at Illinois Wesleyan University from Bangladesh whose visa was terminated in August after convictions for driving under the influence and retail theft and yet remained in the country. Chowdhury was arrested by ICE in December and held for deportation until opting to self-deport.