Several universities in the United States have been hit by mass revocation of their students’ visas by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The University of Massachusetts, Amherst (UMass), Arizona State University, Cornell, North Carolina State University, the University of Oregon, the University of Texas, and the University of Colorado are some of the universities hit by the mass visa revocation.
According to the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, the university learned of the visa terminations after conducting checks in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) database, a system used to track student and exchange visitor information.
UMass Chancellor Javier Reyes, disclosed that the school received no prior notification about the visa changes.
Reyes, according to reports, stated that the university wasn’t notified of the changes to the students’ visas, “and only became aware as a result of proactive checks in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s SEVIS database.”
This recent development, as stated, follows a pattern seen at other universities across the U.S. Earlier this week, the president of Minnesota State University in Mankato also reported five international students whose visas were revoked.
The school learned of the changes after reviewing a database of international student statuses in the wake of an incident involving a Turkish student at the University of Minnesota.
UMass Amherst, the largest public university in Massachusetts, has not specified the reasons for the visa revocations, nor have they released the names of the affected students.
Details cite that reports from other institutions across the country have reported similar incidents of visa revocations.
Arizona State University, Cornell, North Carolina State University, the University of Oregon, the University of Texas, and the University of Colorado have all stated that some of their international students’ visas were revoked without prior notice from the federal government.
