Federal judge blocked Thursday Trump administration As the legal status of international students is being terminated, court cases challenging previous dismissals amid crackdowns on university campuses.
US District Judge Jeffrey White in California has banned the government from arresting or jailing plaintiffs and similar students and moving any of them outside the jurisdiction of their residence.
His orders also prohibit the administration from impose legal effects that are unfavourable to students and overturning the restoration of legal status until the case is resolved.
However, students can be arrested for committing a violent crime.
The Trump administration is targeting universities and foreign students amid anti-Semitism crackdowns on university campuses across the country. (AP image)
The government’s actions “had been havoc in not just the lives of the plaintiffs here, but also the same-located non-immigrants of F-1s across the United States and continue to do so,” White said.
Over 4,700 international students cancelled their permission to study in the US this spring as foreign governments cracked down on them protesting in the US University Campus.
Homeland Security officials said they performed the names of student visa holders through an FBI-run database that includes the names of suspects and those arrested.
Some students are leaving the United States rather than risking arrest or deportation.
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The government claims it is using its ability to implement immigration and nationality laws. DHS officials said students do not need court protection as U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) has restored legal status and mailed letters of status revitalization to affected students.
However, White said that false cancellations remained on the student’s records, affecting his ability to obtain or change new visas. Non-immigrant status.
Trump is targeting college students and universities amid crackdowns on anti-Semitism and other illegal activities.
On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security said Eliminate student visas Harvard University’s program with “terrorist actions” at campus protests. Ivy League School failed to comply with student visa holders’ requests for record of conduct, DHS said.
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“This administration holds Harvard University responsible for promoting violence, anti-Semitism and coordinating it with the Chinese Communist Party on campus,” the DHS secretary said. Christie Noem. “It’s not a right, but a privilege, for the university to register international students and benefit from their higher tuition payments to help them contribute billions of dollars.”
“Harvard had many opportunities to do the right thing, and he refused that,” she added. “They lost accreditation of their Student and Exchange Visitor Programs as a result of failing to comply with the law, which will serve as a warning to all universities and academic institutions across the country.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
