International students whose The visas were taken away He sues Trump’s administration for alleged violation of procedures.
Associated Press Students claim that Trump’s administration lacked justification for a visa cancellation.
President Donald Trump He continued to combat immigration, which initially focused on those in the US -in illegally. However, several international students were caught in the intersection, as the administration claims that their pro-Palestinian activism is supporting Hamas, a terrorist organization designed in the US. In the meantime, other international students have allegedly invited their visas for past offenses such as traffic violations, AP said.
Students in at least 30 countries have taken away their visas, According to NBC Newswho said that the Government was using the 1952 foreign policy statute to justify the cancellation.
People walk through the Harvard Yard Gate of the Harvard University of Harvard 29. June 2023 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Getty Images)
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One of the most prominent cases is that of Mahmoud Khalil, a student of Columbia University who was involved in anti-Israeli school activity. Last week, the judge ruled that the Government had fulfilled the burden of evidence to deport Khalil. The Lawyers of the Ministry of Homeland Security (DHS) said Khalil does not come about his involvement in certain organizations or his work with the Assistance and Work of the United Nations.
International students who want to study in the United States have to meet several requests to get a certain visa that allows them to attend school. According to State Department, the type of school and the course of study that the student wants to carry out determines what visa they need.
People show outside the Thurgood Court Marshall of the United States on the day of hearing on the detention of Palestinian activists and a graduate student of Columbia Mahmoud Khalil University in New York on March 12, 2025. (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)
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DHS cites several circumstances that the Government may revoke a student visa, including the absence from the US to five months or longer, expulsion, unauthorized employment and failure of enrollment, among other things.
International students are allowed to maintain a legal residence status and continue their studies even after their visas have been taken away, according to AP. In these cases, the lack of visa has only influenced their ability to travel to the United States -outside of it, according to AP -in, the loss of legal residence status is what ultimately puts students in danger of being deported.
Student protesters gather in protest within their camp at the Columbia University campus on Monday, April 29, 2024 in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
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Trump administration officials defended the recall of student visas, stating that the Government reserves the right to cancel them.
“There is no right to a student visa. We can cancel a student visa under the law in the same way we can deny a student visa under the law. And we will do so in cases we consider appropriate,” State Secretary Marco Rubio he told reporters on March 28.
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Fox News Digital, Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Brooke Taylor, contributed to this report.