The Trump administration is expanding its campaign against international students to target not just those active in pro-Palestine advocacy, but also students entirely uninvolved in protests and campus activism.
With little or no justification, the Trump administration is revoking the visas and immigration statuses of hundreds of international students under the Student Exchange and Visitor Program, leaving them vulnerable to detention and deportation, according to attorneys representing international scholars who have filed new lawsuits against the Trump administration.
“It’s a concerted effort to go after people who are from countries and religions that the Trump administration wants to get out of the country.”
In some cases, the government has gone after students with minor infractions or misdemeanors on their record, or, for others, no criminal history at all.
Several immigration attorneys have…