"Gouvêa, a Brazilian national, found himself a target of immigration officials. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) publicly declared the incident an "anti-Semitic shooting," withdrew his visa, and Gouvêa was arrested by ICE. After which Gouvêa voluntarily left the country."
"The leadership of Temple Beth Zion told their community that police told them Gouvêa claimed he didn't know he was near a synagogue and was "hunting rats," and they "have no reason to believe this was an anti-Semitic event." Brookline police reportedly echoed that. No bias finding, no hate-crime classification, just a plea deal for an illegally fired pellet gun."
""It is a privilege to work and study in the United States, not a right," Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for Public Affairs at DHS, said. "There is no room in the United States for brazen, violent acts of anti-Semitism like this." "Secretary Noem has made it clear that anyone who thinks they can come to America and commit anti-American and anti-Semitic violence and terrorism should think again," McLaughlin continued."
Carlos Portugal Gouvêa, a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, was arrested after discharging a pellet gun in front of Temple Beth Zion on Yom Kippur and received probation. DHS publicly called the incident an "anti-Semitic shooting," revoked his visa, and ICE arrested him; he subsequently left the country voluntarily. Temple Beth Zion leadership and Brookline police said Gouvêa claimed he was "hunting rats" and indicated they had no reason to believe the incident was anti-Semitic. Authorities did not classify the event as a hate crime; the local outcome was a plea deal for illegally firing a pellet gun. DHS officials framed the act as unacceptable anti-Semitic violence and emphasized immigration consequences.
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