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Anxiety at US colleges as foreign students are detained and visas revoked
BBC News ^ | April 19, 2025 | by Brandon Drenon and Robin Levinson-King
Posted on 4/19/2025, 5:30:44 AM by Oldeconomybuyer

For the last few weeks, many foreign students living in the US have watched as a sequence of events has repeated itself on their social media feeds: plain-clothes agents appearing unannounced and hauling students off in unmarked cars to detention centres.

The combination of targeted detentions and reports of wide-scale visa revocations have left campuses on edge, from the biggest public universities to elite Ivy League institutions.
One imperiled student visa-holder attending Georgetown University has written articles about Israel and the war in Gaza. At some colleges, departments are being hit as researchers abroad refuse to return to the US.

The reasons for visa cancellations vary. In some cases,
<><>criminal records appear to be a factor.
<><>others reportedly include minor legal infractions like driving over the speed limit.
<><>those targeted have been involved in pro-Palestinian protests, Secy of State Marco Rubio said.

It is part of a wider White House push to crack down on protesters whom officials say created an unsafe environment for Jewish students on many campuses. They also accuse demonstrators of having expressed support for Hamas, an officially designated terrorist group. (Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...