US State Department revokes 6,000 student visas

[Demovictory9]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz93vznxd07o

The State Department has revoked more than 6,000 international student visas because of violations of US law and overstays, the department told the BBC.

The agency said the "vast majority" of the violations were assault, driving under the influence (DUI), burglary and "support for terrorism".

While the State Department did not specify what they meant by "support for terrorism", the Trump administration has targeted some students who have protested in support of Palestine, arguing they had expressed antisemitic behaviour.


Of the 6,000 student visas that were revoked, the State Department said about 4,000 of those were revoked because visitors broke the law.

Another 200-300 visas were also revoked for "terrorism done under INA 3B", the State Department said, referring to code that defines "terrorist activity" broadly as acts that endanger human life or violate US law.

[WSHazel]

1. Unlikely that 6,000 foreign students broke the law

This sounds like utter bullshit to me.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. $180 million; "broke the law" can include leaving a field blank in a document or missing a deadline, paperwork, etc.

All innocuous, but means millions of dollars lost to towns and universities.

If a student spends $30 K a year on tuition, books, rent, food and clothing, that is 180 million dollars just taken out of the US economy. And that is one announcement. There are many other actions large and small that are strangling universities and the towns that depend on them.

[Ping Tung]

2. "support for terrorism". Translation: Antii-Trump.

[Initech]

4. This administration is fucking evil and sadistic!