International Students In Jeopardy As Visas Are Revoked
- The State Department revoked about 1,500 visas in the U.S. As of late April 2025.
- Saxena received a visa revocation notice due to a criminal records check, which identified a past misdemeanor conviction.
- U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier granted Saxena a temporary restraining order for her visa issues, allowing her to graduate.
- A lawsuit claims the government acted unlawfully by revoking Saxena's visa despite prior knowledge of her criminal history.
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Do international students still want to study in the U.S. amidst student visa termination scare?
In early April, more than 1,000 international students began to notice that their student visas had been quietly revoked or their legal status to stay in the U.S. had been terminated without warning.
ICE Warns International Students of More SEVIS Terminations
Immigration officials sent letters to recent international graduates on short-term work visas giving them 15 days to report employment or face removal from the country. Immigration officials sent letters to international students on short-term work visas Thursday night, threatening to terminate their legal status in the Student Exchange and Visitor Information System and remove them from the country. The number of affected students is still unk…

International student recounts ‘numb’ feeling after receiving email about her potential deportation
RAPID CITY — Priya Saxena was staying up late to read comments about her doctoral dissertation around 1 a.m. on April 7 when she saw the message in her email. “I was numb at the time,” she testified through tears Tuesday in a Rapid City courtroom, where she continued her fight to remain in the country. The email from U.S. immigration officials said her visa was revoked. Saxena called some friends and holed up in her bedroom. “I was scared,” she …
Trump’s Censorship Campaign Draws on Decades of Infrastructure Built by Big Tech
“It’s a chilling feeling,” Tariq explains to me. “Here at Yale, immigration authorities have revoked at least four students’ visas so far.” Tariq Khan is an interdisciplinary historian and lecturer at Yale University. “A lot of students are scared,” he explains. “I have international students in my classes. They’re really worried that their visas might be revoked. The Trump administration’s… Source
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