More than 500 student visas revoked as the government expands reasons for deportation

Kseniia Petrova’s path from a Harvard laboratory to an immigration cell began with frogs. The Russian national who has been working as a researcher at Harvard Medical School failed to declare “non-hazardous” frog embryos she was carrying with her on her return to the US from France in February, Petrova’s attorney said. Rather than issue a fine, Petrova’s exchange visitor […]

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Trump cancels hundreds of student visas, forcing rapid departures

The Trump administration has revoked hundreds of international student visas across the country, setting off a desperate scramble for them to leave the United States within days. Universities have reported some students being forced to leave immediately, in many cases after discovering their visas were cancelled in the federal Student Exchange and Visitor Information System, or via an unexpected text or email. Multiple universities contacted […]

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Eight International Students at ASU Have Had Their Visas Revoked

Eight international students at Arizona State University have had their visas revoked amid the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts and a crackdown on students expressing their political views An ASU spokesperson confirmed Wednesday in an email to Arizona Luminaria that the students’ visas were revoked recently — in the first two days of April and in late March.  Little more is […]

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Funding for the Univ. of Iowa’s graduate English students in limbo following federal cuts

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – The union that represents graduate students at the University of Iowa says it’s taking action after those within the English department learned their contracts are changing. An email some graduate students received cites uncertainty in funding due to changes regarding federal research funding. It states that all prospective graduate students who’ve already been admitted, regardless […]

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