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FORECAST. WELL, TONIGHT WE’VE LEARNED THERE COULD SOON BE MOVEMENT. FOR NOW. FORMER ALABAMA PHD STUDENT IN ICE CUSTODY EARLIER THIS MONTH. RUDY ASKED TO BE VOLUNTARILY SENT BACK TO IRAN WHILE IN A LOUISIANA COURT. AND THAT DAY IS ALMOST HERE. OUR �������� 13 ZOE BLAIR JOINS US HERE IN STUDIO. ZOE. WHEN IS HE EXPECTED TO GO BACK? WELL, TODAY, A SPOKESPERSON FOR ALI REZA DE RUDY’S ATTORNEY TOLD ME THAT PROCESS COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS TOMORROW. BACK IN MARCH, RUDY WAS TAKEN INTO ICE CUSTODY. YOU’RE ABOUT TO WATCH. TAKE A LOOK. THAT’S THE STREET CAMERA FOOTAGE OF THAT DETAINMENT. ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA STUDENT POSED SIGNIFICANT NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS WHEN RUDY HAD HIS MASTER HEARING EARLIER THIS MONTH. HIS ATTORNEY SAID THEY NEVER LEARNED WHAT THOSE NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS WERE. WE DO KNOW THAT HIS VISA WAS REVOKED IN JUNE OF 2023, BUT RUDY’S FIANCE TELLS AP NEWS THE UNIVERSITY TOLD HIM HE COULD STAY IN THE COUNTRY AS LONG AS HE REMAINED A STUDENT, BUT THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO REENTER THE U.S. IF HE LEFT. AT THAT MASTER HEARING EARLIER THIS MONTH, RUDY REQUESTED TO BE SENT BACK TO HIS HOME COUNTRY, SAYING, I LOVE THIS COUNTRY, BUT THEY DON’T WANT ME HERE, SO I WILL GO HOME. THAT HEARING WAS 21 DAYS AGO AND RUDY IS STILL IN ICE CUSTODY AT A DETENTION CENTER IN LOUISIANA. RIGHT NOW. HE’S WAITING FOR THE VOLUNTARY DEPORTATION PROCESS TO BEGIN. A SPOKESPERSON FOR RUDY’S ATTORNEY TELLS ME HE MAY BE MOVED FROM THE LOUISIANA DETENTION FACILITY SOMETIME THIS WEEKEND. ONCE THAT MOVE HAPPENS, THE DEPORTATION PROCESS BEGINS. WE’RE GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS CASE OVER THE WEEKEND AND LET YOU KNOW IF HE IS MOVED. AS ALWAYS, WE’LL BRING YOU THE LATEST UPDATES ON AIR A