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Axios
18-04-2025
- Politics
- Axios
International students in D.C. area face visa cancellations
The Trump administration's crackdown on student visas is rattling DMV colleges. Why it matters: D.C.-area campuses attract many foreign students. State of play: The government yanked the visas of 15 students at George Mason University, the school announced in a letter last week, reports ABC7. GMU said the visas were canceled without prior notice. The school is trying to find out why the students were targeted. "We will do whatever the law permits to assist our students, and we are actively exploring what those options may be," the university said in a statement. Georgetown University said 10 community members are at risk of having their visas revoked, after their F1 or J1 status was terminated in the Federal Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, ABC7 reports. The university doesn't know why their immigration status was terminated, the school said in a statement. Howard University said three students were affected. George Washington University told ABC7 a "small number of students" had their visas terminated. Zoom out: The Trump administration has revoked the visas of hundreds of international students nationwide in recent weeks — some for affiliation with pro-Palestinian protests, others for a crime or traffic offense. For some, the reason is unknown. For example, a student at Emerson College and a doctoral candidate at Dartmouth College who never partook in protests or had any criminal record were among those stripped of their visas. Between the lines: If the widespread student visa revocations continue, universities that rely on high tuition fees from international students could suffer financially. An estimated 1 million international students generate more than $40 billion for American higher education each year, per a 2024 article by The World.
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
More than 170 international students at UT System schools have had visas revoked: officials
More than 170 students across University of Texas System educational institutions have had their visas revoked by the federal government, the system's vice chancellor for external relations confirmed to the American-Statesman on Monday. "UT institutions learn of the revocation of student visas or immigration status changes by checking the Federal Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), a federal tracking system for exchange visitors," according to Randa Safady, the vice chancellor. "As of Friday, April 11, the UT System learned that 176 students have been affected by the action." The Trump administration has pushed to deport foreign-born students involved in pro-Palestinian protests, which the White House has deemed as sympathetic to Hamas, the militant governing body of Gaza, which the U.S. has identified as a terrorist organization. However, it has largely been reported that some students are finding their visas terminated for reasons such as roommate disputes, traffic violations or for no explanation at all. The number of visa revocations has been spiking since last week, when officials estimated the number of students affected was more around 300, based on a late March statistic from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who called international students who engage in pro-Palestinian protests "lunatics" and said his office is working "every day" to deport them. Inside Higher Ed, which is tracking the visa status changes, found that more than 1,000 international students have had their visas revoked across the country. Nineteen state attorney generals have sued the federal government over its action, seeking an injunction to temporarily block the administration from canceling student visas. The University of Texas confirmed that "multiple" international students in Austin have "unexpectedly" faced changes to their visas but would not confirm to the Statesman exactly how many have been affected. On Wednesday, dozens of students protested the Trump administration's student visa cancellations as well as UT, accusing the school of a lack of communication on the issue. "All international students have been put in a state of fear," said Arshia Papari, a UT sophomore and organizer with Students for a Democratic Society. This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: UT System says 176 students had visas revoked under Trump
