During the morning of this Saturday, April 5, the administration of the US President, Donald Trumpdecided to revoke the visas to several international students in the city of Los Angeles, “without offering more details,” according to a statement published on social networks by the University of California,
The University of California (UC) is a public system of universities in the “Sunny state“And it has campus in the cities of Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Irvine, Davis, Santa Cruz, Riverside, and Merced, so it is classified as one of the better Educational research enclosures in the world.
“We continue to supervise this situation and we are evaluating its implications for people Affected. We will do everything possible to support all members of our community and in doing so, the University will continue to fulfill all applicable state and federal laws, ”added the university authorities.
In turn, the statement explains that the University is aware that international students of several campuses have been seen Very affected by “the recent cancellation of the database” in the Student information system and exchange visitors of the United States government (Sevisfor its acronym in English).
Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco, the most affected
Several university leaders in California and various professors confirmed the American newspaper, Timesthat students on the Los Angeles campus, San Diego and San Francisco have been the most affected For these sudden cancellations by the authorities in the government of the Republican president Donald Trump.
In Los Angeles, the revocations affected at least nine international students, According to a group of teachers on campus. However, for the moment the reason for the cancellation of their visas is not known and it is not clear if any of the students was arrested for the immigration and customs control service.
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For its part, on the San Diego campus, the rector Pradeep Koshla He said that the visas had revoked six international students: “We received the notification without prior notice and also, then we learned that a seventh student was arrested at the border, the entrance to the US was denied. Uu. And it was deportee to your country “.
“The federal government has not explained the reasons behind these Terminations. The students have been notified and we are working directly with them to provide them with all the support, ”added Khosla, who considers that in the next few days they could revoke the visas to More than 300 students In the state of California.
On the other hand, in the city of San Francisco, university officials said five students and three people who graduated recently had their visas revoked. “We did not identify the reasons why students lost their visas or if they faced arrests“The university added through a statement.
Hundreds of international students in California and throughout the US territory are terrified by this situation, taking into account that the Donald Trump administration is not presenting any justification for the revocation of visas, so any foreign student could end up affected.
Twenty Five Students Across The University of California System Have Had ES Visas Revoked 👀 pic.twitter.com/wvkqecwjap
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