That brings the total of students with revoked visas to seven, with five reported on Friday.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — At least two more students at The Ohio State University have had their F-1 visas revoked, according to a university spokesperson.
That brings the total of students with revoked visas to seven, with five reported on Friday.
The spokesperson did not provide a new statement. Last week, the spokesperson said there was no indication why this action was taken.
An F-1 visa is what students who wish to travel to the United States to study must obtain.
The announcement comes as the Trump administration is cracking down on foreign students.
Many college officials worry the new approach will keep foreigners from wanting to study in the U.S.
Students who have had their entry visas revoked are now being instructed by the Department of Homeland Security to depart the country right away. In the past, these students were usually allowed to remain in the country to finish their studies.
Many students are being singled out due to their involvement in pro-Palestinian activities, minor criminal offenses, or something as minor as a traffic violation. Some of these students are uncertain about what led to the government taking action against them.
For instance, at Minnesota State University in Mankato, President Edward Inch informed the campus community that visas for five international students were rescinded without providing clear explanations for this decision.
President Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to deport foreign students involved in pro-Palestinian protests, and federal agents started by detaining Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, a green-card-holder and Palestinian activist who was prominent in protests at Columbia last year. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last week students are being targeted for involvement in protests along with others tied to “potential criminal activity.”
In the past two weeks, the government apparently has widened its crackdown. Officials from colleges around the country have discovered international students have had their entry visas revoked and, in many cases, their legal residency status terminated by authorities without notice — including students at Arizona State, Cornell, North Carolina State, the University of Oregon, the University of Texas and the University of Colorado.
Some of the students are working to leave the country on their own, but students at Tufts and the University of Alabama have been detained by immigration authorities — in the Tufts case, even before the university knew the student’s legal status had changed.
