An international University of Minnesota graduate student who was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials last week, was taken into custody because of a prior drunken driving incident,

News of the student’s detention — and the lack of an official explanation — sparked student protests and expressions of concern from university and political leaders. Gov. Tim Walz told reporters Monday that he spoke with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about it Friday and was still waiting for further details.

These are troubling times, and this situation is unlike any we have navigated before,” the university president said in a statement.

The school didn't release the student’s name and said it didn't have more information. It called the situation “deeply concerning.”

Officials in Minnesota are seeking answers in the case of a University of Minnesota graduate student who’s being detained by U.S. immigration authorities for unknown reasons.

Immigration authorities took an international student at the University of Minnesota into custody in the latest crackdown on foreign students and staff at US colleges. Immigration and Customs

Students and staff are calling for policies at the University to protect community members after a student at the Twin Cities campus was taken into custody. However, federal officials said the student was taken into custody because of a drunken driving infraction,

An international student at the University of Minnesota was detained in Minneapolis by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, a situation the university's president calls "deeply concerning.

Five students at Minnesota State University had their student visas terminated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security without prior notification, according to MSU’s