The American Immigration Lawyers’ Association (AILA) reported that 50% of the 327 international students whose visas were revoked by the Trump administration were from India. These revocations also included terminations from the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), which tracks international students in the U.S.
The AILA collected these reports from attorneys, students, and university employees. Following these actions, several affected students have taken legal steps to challenge their deportation. Judges in states like Massachusetts, Montana, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Washington, D.C., have issued emergency orders preventing immigration authorities from acting against these students until further review.
One such student, Krish Isserdasani, a 21-year-old undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was informed by his university on April 4 that his SEVIS record had been terminated. This action was taken despite the local district attorney declining to pursue charges against him after he was arrested for disorderly conduct during a verbal argument in November. A federal judge in Wisconsin has since ruled that the government’s action was likely unlawful.