Reports say the Trump administration has revoked more than 1,100 foreign student visas since launching its mission against terrorist sympathizers and suspected anti-Semitism.
a Database From within, higher education shows a sudden and dramatic rise An order to strip foreigners of their ability to legally study in the United States, Secretary of State Marco Rubio brought the number to about 300 a few weeks later. Many students lost their visas on suspicion of anti-Israel or counter-terrorism advocacy and previous criminal history, the outlet said it mainly cites public news reports and university statements.
Ashley Mowleader, who analyzed the data and wrote the report, told the Daily Call News Foundation, “it’s very unclear what is driving these withdrawals because “the government offers little or no explanation.”
“What we’ve heard from campus officials is that some of the students affected were not involved in the campus protest,” says MowReader. Any alleged anti-Semitism, Israel-related issues or support for terrorism could be the basis for “for some,” she told DCNF.
The school with the largest number reported in the database is in the cancellation of 43 visas at Missouri State University Northwest, the report shows. Five of these visa holders were current students, while the rest were participating in the federal government’s post-graduation employment program. FOX4KC reported. Visa holders have been “advised” by immigration authorities to “departure the US immediately to avoid illegal presence,” the university said Friday.
“I’m not qualified to visit America,” Rubio said. I said it on Saturday. “It’s an extended privilege to those who respect our laws and values, and as Secretary of State, I will never forget that.”
We will continue to cancel visas for those who have potentially severely disadvantaged foreign policy impacts on our country.
And we will continue to use all legal measures available to remove Arien’s enemies
– Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) March 22, 2025
Democrats have widely criticized the move to deport several foreign students involved in the campus protests, but federal officials won the judge on Friday. Domination To deport Mahmoud Khalil, who led the Pro Hamas protest at Columbia University in 2024, sacrificing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds. The crackdown has created anxiety on university campuses, with some anti-Israeli students rushing to erase statements from newspaper articles. (Related: Exclusive: How Blue State University bent backwards to appease anti-Israel camp leaders)
Data on the exact number of faculty and students facing removal under Trump is not yet available. In March, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deported a Lebanese professor who attended the funeral of a Hezbollah terrorist leader and was allegedly owning “sympathetic” material about Muslim groups.
Campus crackdown fits Trump’s bigger deportation efforts delete More than 100,000 people from the country. The administration has focused on migrant targets that it considers most dangerous, including gang members, terrorists and those who have been found violent criminally.
The State Department did not immediately respond to investigations from the DCNF.
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