She was arrested for protesting against the university's "excessive punishments" meted out to student activists on March 5.
Merely three days after Chung's arrest, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reportedly issued an administrative arrest warrant for her deportation.
Immigration officials subsequently searched her parents' house and two Columbia locations, including Chung's university dormitory.
An official even reportedly told her lawyer her permanent resident status was being "revoked," a power that lies solely with immigration judges.