ICE Detains Brazilian Harvard Visitor After Visa Revocation, DHS Says He Will Leave U.S.

Overview

• Carlos Portugal Gouvêa pleaded guilty to illegally discharging a pellet gun near Temple Beth Zion in Brookline on Oct. 1, the eve of Yom Kippur.
• He accepted six months of pretrial probation in a plea deal that led prosecutors to drop disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, and vandalism counts.
• The State Department revoked his nonimmigrant visa, and ICE arrested him this week; DHS says he agreed to depart the United States.
• Temple Beth Zion and Brookline police said the incident did not appear motivated by antisemitism after Gouvêa told officers he was shooting at rats.
• No one was injured, a car window was broken, the synagogue briefly locked down, Harvard placed him on administrative leave, and USP publicly defended his record.