UCSD students lose F-1 visas; 1 expelled

San Diego – Five UC San Diego students made their F -1 visas and a student was expelled earlier this week, Chancellor of the UCSD Pradeep Khosla announced yesterday.

Although Khosla said the federal government had not given any reason why the students’ visas had been dismissed, it follows a national trend of civil servants ending the legal residence of international students.

The expelled student was arrested at the border, refused entry and expelled in their country of origin, Khosla said in the press release.

According to the Associated Press, some students were targeted for pro-Palestinian activism or criminal offenses. But many have wondered what they have done in the eyes of the government, said.

Students stripped of these visas on a national level receive orders from the Ministry of Internal Security to leave the country immediately, reported AP.

Khosla of the UCSD said that San Diego students had been informed of their revocation and that the university is working directly with them to provide support.

“We recognize that the recent federal immigration actions, whether they occur locally, in the UC system or across the country, are painful for many in our campus community,” Khosla said in the press release.

According to the UCSD student newspaper, The Guardian, which broke history on Friday evening, an employee of the UCSD International Services and Commitment Bureau said that federal officials aimed at the students in a previous arrest record, such as those with Dui, but that this was not checked independently by CBS 8.

“I think everyone is really afraid, I mean that we also have international students in our staff who were trying to protect the best that we can, so it is a question of navigating that, seeing what protections we can put to ensure that they are not subject to this type of federal immigration control, Adalie, even if, whatever their legal status,” Adalia Luo.

CBS 8 contacted the UCSD to comment, but a spokesperson sent a press release published Friday in the name of all the UC schools.

The President’s UC office published a statement on April 4 after several campuses were informed that students were affected by the termination of SEVIS:

“The University of California is aware that international students from several of our campuses have been affected by recent SEVIS dismissals. 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.

SEVIS – The Student Exchange Visitor Information System – is a program managed by the Ministry of Homeland Security which allows you to stay in the United States. Sevis stores the data collected from Visa F-1 and J-1 visa holders.

Immigration lawyer Saman Nasseri said that the latter news from the UCSD was part of a national trend and that civil servants can revoke a student visa on opinions that do not line up with American politics.

“The delicate part is that freedom of expression always applies to you if you have a student visa,” said Nasseri. “But if your freedom of expression is contrary to everything that is part of American policy or is in accordance with American policy, it can cancel your visa as for reasons of national security.”

These revocations should increase, he said, after a long break during the cocheal.

“In the past, it was almost as soon as someone was arrested, his student visa was dismissed,” he said. “Recently, it was very lax. Nobody followed this really post-code. It has been put on the back and night. Now they are starting to bring back where any arrest, any police interaction, they can use it as an excuse to revoke the visas.”

But students who revoked their F-1 have measures they can make to challenge the decision. He said he speaks with a lawyer to contest the revocation of the service and reapply your F-1.

He also advised students at risk of keeping their social media clean and private – and to bed down.

Asked about the long -term ramifications that this could have, Nasseri said that there is likely that there will be a stronger verification process for applications.

“You will see more check-up checks in this area,” he said. “I think you will also start to see less and less approved student visas for people to come to the United States”

“I don’t think people realize that the privilege of a student visa is actually,” said Nasseri. “It is essentially a tourist visa. And if you see all the time, people turn away on the border with a tourist visa if they have the impression that someone raped their tourist visa.”