International students file lawsuit in Georgia over termination of their VISA's

International students from crossed the U.S. person banded unneurotic to record a national suit successful Georgia accusing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of illegally terminating their pupil visas.

The 17 students alleged the termination was without owed process and utilized the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) to portion their ineligible presumption adjacent though they continued to comply with visa terms.

The suit names U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons arsenic defendants.

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An exterior presumption of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) bureau office successful Washington, DC. U.S.  (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs accidental that aft vague references to visa revocations, successful galore cases, students were "identified successful transgression records checks," contempt nary ceremonial charges, convictions, oregon deportable offenses.

One elder astatine Georgia Tech was notified days earlier graduation adjacent though his lone ineligible grounds involves a dismissed postulation charge.

"ICE’s ain guidance confirms that visa revocation is not, successful itself, a origin for termination of the student’s SEVIS record. Rather, if the visa is revoked, the pupil is permitted to prosecute their people of survey successful school, but upon departure, the SEVIS grounds is terminated and the pupil indispensable get a caller visa from a consulate oregon embassy overseas earlier returning to the United States," the suit states.

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Attorneys are presently seeking a impermanent restraining bid to reinstate the students’ SEVIS registrations and reconstruct their ineligible status.

"ICE has created chaos arsenic schools person attempted to recognize what is happening and bash their champion to pass and counsel students," it said. "Plaintiffs person a constitutionally protected spot involvement successful their SEVIS registration," according to the suit.

College students walking connected campus.

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It besides notes that removal from the strategy jeopardizes not conscionable acquisition but ineligible residency, employment, and reentry into the U.S. 

"No Plaintiff has been placed successful removal proceedings," the ailment states. "ICE cannot misuse SEVIS to circumvent the law, portion students of status, and thrust them retired of the state without process."

They see enactment authorization nether OPT oregon CPT programs, but the tribunal has not yet ruled connected the question for exigency relief.