Harvard Law Prof Who Fired BB Gun Outside of Synagogue to Leave U.S. After ICE Arrest
“It is a privilege to work and study in the United States, not a right. There is no room in the United States for brazen, violent acts of anti-Semitism like this.”
In October, visiting Harvard Law professor Carlos Portugal Gouvêa of Brazil fired a pellet gun outside of a synagogue in Brookline, Massachusetts. It was the day before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Gouvêa claimed he had been hunting rats, but he was arrested on a handful of charges.
At the beginning of this month, ICE got involved, and now Gouvêa has agreed to leave the United States.
FOX News reports:
Harvard professor detained by ICE after Boston synagogue shooting agrees to voluntarily leave US
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday announced ICE had detained a Harvard Law School professor accused in a shooting outside a synagogue in October.
Carlos Portugal Gouvêa, a Brazilian national, was arrested Oct. 2 after he allegedly fired a BB gun outside a Boston area synagogue the day before Yom Kippur.
Gouvêa told authorities at the time he was “hunting rats.”
He pleaded guilty Nov. 13 to illegal use of the air rifle, while his other charges of disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct and vandalizing property were dismissed.
The Harvard Crimson first reported Gouvêa was suspended by the university pending the investigation, with synagogue leaders noting in an email the shooting was not “fueled by antisemitism.”
Two weeks after the shooting, the Department of State revoked his temporary non-immigrant (J-1) visa.
ICE Boston Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested Gouvêa Wednesday, and he agreed to voluntarily leave the U.S. rather than be deported, according to DHS.
The Department of Homeland Security put out this press release:
ICE Arrests Harvard Law School Professor Following Anti-Semitic Shooting Outside of a Synagogue
The Department of Homeland Security on December 3rd announced the arrest of Harvard Law School professor Carlos Portugal Gouvea, whose temporary non-immigrant (J-1) visa was revoked following an anti-Semitic shooting incident in October.
On October 2, 2025, Gouvea, a citizen of Brazil, was arrested after he fired a BB gun outside of a synagogue the day before Yom Kippur. Gouvea said he was “hunting rats.”
On October 16, the Department of State revoked Gouvea’s visa. On November 13, Gouvea accepted a plea deal on the charge of illegal use of the air rifle while his other charges for disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct, and vandalizing property were dismissed.
Following his guilty plea, ICE Boston Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested Gouvea on Wednesday, and he agreed to voluntarily depart the United States rather than be deported.
“It is a privilege to work and study in the United States, not a right. There is no room in the United States for brazen, violent acts of anti-Semitism like this. They are an affront to our core principals as a country and an unacceptable threat against law-abiding American citizens,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “We are under zero obligation to admit foreigners who commit these inexplicably reprehensible acts or to let them stay here. 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. You are not welcome here.”
The professor made some very bad choices.
‘NOT WELCOME HERE’: DHS says ICE has detained a Harvard Law School visiting professor accused of firing a BB gun outside a Boston-area synagogue the day before Yom Kippur.
Carlos Portugal Gouvea, a Brazilian national, initially claimed he was “hunting rats” and later pleaded… pic.twitter.com/C4TpmKFKvK
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There are a lot more like him at Harvard. More please.
Good riddance to this leftist, Jew-hating piece of excrement. We don’t need this bigoted trash, in this country. There’s more of this idiot’s wretched ilk, who should be following him out of the country; myriad Jew-hating Muslim supremacists/Islamofascists who’ve been welcomed to our shores by the vile, stupid and evil Dhimmi-crats.
Despicable Harvard has made it abundantly clear that Jew-haters and those who attack views are welcome on its rotten campus, as students, faculty and university administrators.
“…those who attack *Jews* are welcome…”
He was a law school professor? Maybe he’s a fake Brazilian. It certainly doesn’t look like he has any Indian blood.
Hunting rats (while shouting ‘Allahu Akbar ‘
His middle name is a clue. Looks like his family has never married anyone who wasn’t 100% European ancestry.
ICE agent: Well… now that you’re leaving voluntarily, it all becomes very civilized. Once we land in New York, you have 24 hours to head back to Canada.
– The Proposal (2009)
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