"The Department of State has revoked 8,000 student visas since the start of President Donald Trump's second term, the department shared on the social media site X on Monday, as part of the president's massive deportation campaign. In total, the administration has revoked 100,000 nonimmigrant visas, the department wrote, which is about double the number revoked in former President Joe Biden's last year."
"The Trump administration began suddenly terminating the statuses of international students in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS)-the database that stores international student data-in April without alerting the students or their institutions. In some cases, the terminations appeared to be related to encounters with police where the student was a witness to or even a victim of a crime, rather than a perpetrator."
"At the same time, the administration detained a number of international students who had been involved in pro-Palestinian advocacy on their campuses as part of a campaign that a federal judge agreed was ideologically motivated. The SEVIS terminations were eventually reversed and the student activists released. But the Trump administration's campaign against international students has since continued, including encouraging colleges to cap the number of international students they enroll and work"
The Department of State revoked 8,000 student visas since the start of President Donald Trump's second term and 100,000 nonimmigrant visas in total, about double the number revoked in former President Joe Biden's last year. The department said most revoked student and specialized worker visas were related to crimes, with about half due to drunk driving. U.S. colleges enroll more than one million international students. The administration began terminating SEVIS statuses in April without alerting students or institutions, sometimes affecting students who were witnesses or victims. The administration detained pro-Palestinian student activists; SEVIS terminations were later reversed and activists released. The campaign continues, including encouraging enrollment caps.
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