Washington:
The US suddenly suspended cancellation of student visas issued to international students on Friday, according to the report.
U.S. Attorney Joseph F. Calli Jr. told Washington, DC Court on Friday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) is developing a new system for review and revocation. Until then, if the Sevis status of plaintiffs across the country remains active or is currently inactive, or if ICE is currently inactive, the ICE has not reported that ICE is showing records based on recent records.
News reports show that over 1,500 student visas have been cancelled so far, and it was not immediately clear what would happen to students leaving the country after their visas were revoked.
The United States has cancelled these student visas for students who were allegedly involved in a protest that rocked university campuses against Israel’s Gaza invasion in retaliation in the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023.
The Donald Trump administration is also targeting universities that, in its administration’s view, that have countered the protest and did not do enough to protect Jewish students.
Many students from India were among those whose visas had been cancelled. The American Bar Association says that 50% of the over 300 cancellations reviewed are aimed at Indian students. No official cancellation data has been made public.
Friday’s development came in a series of lawsuits filed by students who cancelled their visas.
“It’s not the national interests of the US, not the interests of foreign policy, not the interests of national security, not just to go there to study physics and engineering, but to go there to go there to go and excuse foreign terrorist organizations that support foreign terrorist organizations and charge them not to destroy their citizens, Israel, but anywhere they can get,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
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