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The Associated Press |
A crackdown on foreign students is alarming colleges, who say the Trump administration is using new tactics and vague justifications to push some students out of the country.
The New York Times |
At least 147 international students were abruptly stripped of their ability to stay in the United States in recent days, according to universities and media reports, sowing fear among students and con...
Los Angeles Times |
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Startling scenes have emerged in recent weeks of masked federal agents in plain clothes arresting international students on campus or near their homes, raising serious questions about those tactics and their authority to wear face coverings during the arrests.
The Trump administration has said Harvard and other elite universities failed to protect Jewish students from harassment in the wake of campus protests over the war in Gaza.
A student at Tufts University arrested last week by ICE agents is one of several international students being targeted by the Trump administration over their pro-Palestinian activism. The arrests come after a Trump signed an executive order targeting anti-Semitism on college campuses.
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5 Harvard students, recent graduates have visas pulledThe Harvard International Office announced Sunday that three students and two recent graduates from the university have had their student visas revoked amid the Trump administration’s
Federal officials are quietly terminating the legal residency of some international college students
College officials worry the new approach will keep foreigners from wanting to study in the U.S. Students stripped of their entry visas are receiving orders from the Department of Homeland Security to leave the country immediately — a break from past practice that often permitted them to stay and complete their studies.
President Donald Trump’s visa crackdown is now hitting major schools across the US, with three Harvard University students and two recent graduates having had their student visas revoked. This comes amid Trump’s efforts to deport international students involved in pro-Palestine protests.
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The federal government has revoked the visas of a dozen international students at the University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk announced Sunday.