07-04-2025
Visa revoked for Emerson College international student, school says
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It's 'important to note that we have no reason to believe that this student was targeted for protest-related activity,' he said.
Last week, University of Massachusetts Amherst Chancellor Javier Reyes said
President Trump campaigned on a promise to deport foreign students involved in pro-Palestinian protests. His administration's targeting of international students appeared to begin last month when federal agents detained Columbia graduate student
On March 25,
university's response to the pro-Palestinian movement and calling for divestment from Israel, was detained in Somerville near campus by masked ICE agents.
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In the past two weeks, more colleges and universities have learned that their international students have been stripped of their visas, without prior notice or explanation, and in many cases, have also had their legal residency status terminated.
The schools include Arizona State, Cornell University, North Carolina State, the University of Oregon, the University of Texas, and the University of Colorado.
Locally Harvard University, Northeastern University, Tufts University and the University of Massachusetts campuses in Boston and Amherst say they discovered that the federal government has declared that some international students are no longer in the country legally,
'As we enter this final month of the academic year, I encourage everyone in our community to do their best to remain focused on what matters most: academics, enrollment, and supporting one another,' Bernhardt said in his statement. 'I also urge our community to resist the external and internal pressures that seek to inflame and divide us. Emersonians are creative, compassionate, and committed, and our collective strengths and shared values will help us through even the most challenging times.'
Material from prior Globe stories was used in this report.
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