The Trump administration cancels more than a dozen international students visa at the University of California in Stanford

The Trump administration has canceled more than a dozen international student visas on California campuses, including UCLA, UC San Diego and Stanford, academic leaders, students and teachers of confirmed campuses in Times.

At the UCLA, the revocations struck at least eight international students, according to groups of teachers and students. It is not known if students were detained by the immigration authorities or why their visas were canceled. A UCLA spokesperson did not immediately confirm the number or responded to a request for comments.

In UC San Diego, Chancellor Pradeep Khosla said in a message on campus on Friday that five students had revoked their visas. He said the university had received the notification “without warning”. Khosla said that a sixth student had been “detained at the border, denied entry and expelled in their country of origin”.

“The federal government has not explained the reasons for these endings,” Khosla wrote. “Students were informed and we work directly with them to provide support.”

In Stanford, officials said that four students and two people who recently graduated had revoked their visas. A university statement has not identified the reasons why students have lost their visas or if they have faced arrests.

A statement from the University of California implied that students from other campuses also revoked their visas, but did not offer more details.

The press release indicates that the UC is “aware that international students from several of our campuses have been affected by recent layoffs of SEVIS”, referring to the database of the information system for visitors to students and visitors to the US government. “This is a fluid situation, and we continue to monitor and assess its implications for the UC community and those affected. We are committed to doing what we can to support all members of our community when they exercise their rights under the law. By doing, the university will continue to follow all the applicable state and federal laws. ”

The spokesperson for the President’s UC office, the central administrative operation that works with all campuses and manages the relations of the federal government, did not immediately respond to a request for more details.

The actions are part of the cancellations of mass visa which seem to take place on the campuses across the country on Friday and surprised the school administrators. The other campuses to announce the revocations of the visa include the University of Kentucky, the University of Oregon and the Ohio State University. While the actions of the Trump administration to cancel students’ visas and stop students last month targeted pro-Palestinian activists, the reasons for these changes were not clear.

UCLA leaders ‘leaders’ leaders have recognized the concerns of the campus concerning immigration status in a joint declaration published on Friday evening.

“We understand that these are deeply uncertain times … For each international student reading this: you belong here. Your presence at the UCLA makes this campus stronger, richer and more beautiful. Our offices will continue to support, speak and defend for you – strong and shamelessly,” said the declaration of Student Assn de Sous -Cycle. The chairman of the Council Adam Tfayli and the international student representative Syed Tamim Ahmad.

A representative of students for justice in Palestine at UC San Diego said that the organization was trying to obtain more information on affected persons to determine if students demonstrators.

Last month, the Trump administration began to revoke student visas on high-level campuses, notably Columbia, Cornell, George Washington, Tofts and other universities in which the affected students were anti-Semitic and aligned with terrorists because of their writings or pro-Palestinian demonstrators.

The administration has accused students of supporting Hamas, which the United States designates as a terrorist organization, and says that it threatens national security and foreign policy in the United States. Students argue that their rights to freedom of expression in support of the Palestinians are trampled on.

Affairs, some of which led to immigration arrests, take place in the federal courts. Several students are held in immigration holding establishments.

The administration also began to cancel the visas for students who were not involved in the pro-Palestinian demonstration but who had other violations of their files. For example, those responsible for immigration and customs said this week that the visa of a student from the University of Minnesota was revoked in March due to a drunken driving incident in 2023 during which he pleaded guilty.

Speaking on March 27 during a visit to Guyana, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the United States had revoked 300 visas at that time and would continue its assessments.

“We do it every day. Each time I find one of these madmen, I remove their visa,” said Rubio, referring to the student demonstrators. “I hope that at some point, we exhaust ourselves because we got rid of everyone, but we are looking for these crazy people every day who tear things up.”

Rubio said the government had canceled “mainly student visas” and “some visitors’ visas”. The group included cases “unrelated to all the demonstrations” which have to do with “a potential criminal activity”.

In many campuses in the United States, including UC San Diego and Stanford, the Trump administration has not communicated visa changes to universities. Instead, the cancellations were discovered while university officials checked Sevis, a student database as part of the Department of Internal Security which lists the international statutes of students.

International students generally have two certifications that allow them to come to the United States and study. Student visas give individuals permission to enter the United States while “Student status” confirms that a person is registered in prices and respects other restrictions, such as employment of employment. The visas are granted and revoked by the State Department. Student status is maintained in Sevis.

As part of previous administrations, students who had canceled entry visas were generally authorized to remain legally in the United States to study. If they left the United States and wanted to return, they should renew their visas. The current actions of the Trump administration seem to modify both the visa and the status of the students.

Schools with large international populations generally have campus centers devoted to helping students and teachers with visas, housing and other areas, including the maintenance of Sevis.

Times contacted Sevis administrators this week on all UC, USC, Stanford campuses and other schools with large international populations or a history of major pro-Palestinian events to find out about student visa problems. Officials did not respond to requests, refused to speak or led the times to university spokespersons.

“For the moment, we are continuing to assess the current developments,” said a response from UC David, Bill Kisliuk on Wednesday.