Trump government has already revoked more than 6,000 student visas
About 4,000 visas were canceled because visitors violated the law, the vast majority by assault, the authority said. Driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs and theft were other offenses, the authority added.
About 200 to 300 visas were revoked by terrorism, the authority said, citing a clause from the State Department’s Foreign Relations Manual. The rule identifies as ineligibility reasons for obtaining a visa “involvement in terrorist activities” and “having certain calls with terrorist organizations”.
The authority did not tell which groups students whose visas were revoked were linked.
President Donald Trump conflicted with several high-level US universities, accusing them of becoming anti-Semitism bastions after a large-scale student protests in defense of Palestinian rights in the midst of the Gaza War. In his confrontation with Harvard, Trump frozen funding and threatened to remove the university’s tax exemption status, which led several European nations to increase research bags to attract talent.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he revoked the visas of hundreds, perhaps thousands of people, including students, because they were involved in activities that, according to him, contradict the priorities of US foreign policy.
Trump government officials said student and Green Card visa bearers are subject to deportation due to their support for Palestinians and criticism of Israel’s conduct in the war in Gaza, calling their threat actions to US foreign policy and accusing them of being pro-Hamas.
