Overview
- San Antonio police arrested 24-year-old Indian national Atharva Vyas after an alleged assault in Espada Park that left a mother hurt and her child with severe facial injuries.
- He is jailed in Bexar County on state charges that include injury to a child, assault causing bodily injury, and illegal entry.
- DHS says ICE placed an administrative detainer requesting custody if local authorities release him, which is a hold that does not itself order deportation.
- Federal officials say Vyas entered on an F-1 student visa in August 2023, was arrested on the University of Texas campus months later, and saw that visa revoked in April 2025.
- Acting DHS official Lauren Bis condemned the attack and criticized earlier non-enforcement decisions, while the criminal case and any immigration action will proceed on separate tracks.