The last two of the 11 Egyptian exchange students who failed to show up at their college program were arrested on Sunday in Richmond, Va., the Associated Press reported, quoting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. The other missing students had been detained, a few at a time, over several days last week (The Chronicle, August 13).

The students were among a group of 17 who arrived in New York on July 29 and had been scheduled to attend a monthlong program at Montana State University at Bozeman. Only six of them reported to Bozeman on time (The Chronicle, August 7).

After Montana State could not contact the missing students, it notified the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and registered the Egyptians as no-shows in a system to track foreign students that was developed after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. None of the students was considered a terrorism risk.