Re: Now, student visas revoked for unknown reasons

On May 18, 2025 at 11:20:31 AM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com>
wrote:

The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

Tue, 8 Apr 2025 04:35:15 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>:

 

Trump administration is revoking student visas of students not connected
to anti-Israeli protests.

 

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https://apnews.com/article/f1-visa-international-college-student-trump-9d4d900d328a0c205503c1178e70f1d5

 

I read that article and it specifically mentioned deportation orders
had been given in quite a few cases where student visas were being
cancelled after the student in question had either dropped out or
graduated.

 

That doesn't sound shocking to me - decades ago my mother studied in
the US on a student visa (not shocking - a Vancouver girl studying in
Seattle) and after graduation applied for and got the standard green
card. (Also not shocking as she was by then married to an American)

 

(One of the few things I regret is having mislaid her actual card as I
had it in my filing cabinet after her death which was 35+ years after
her US studies.)

 
Of course it's shocking. If the student is no longer studying or
graduated, there is no reason to automatically deport him

That's a visa overstay. If you've graduated, you're no longer a student so
your student visa has expired. You need to either apply for some other permit
to be in the U.S. or go home. Just ignoring it and continuing to live here
makes you an illegal alien.

But the moment of graduation didn't change the foreign national's status
from student to illegally present.

The person, knowing graduation was approaching, should have contacted USCIS
and made an application for some other permit to remain in the United States,
either a work visa, green card, or some other program.

 
 
The time present in the United States on a student visa didn't have
short end points like a tourist visa.
 
The student visa issue is one of those utter bullshit problems with the
visa system. We are talking about foreign nationals with an American
college education. Hell, some even obtain doctorates. How the hell are
these people undesireable aliens?

No one said they're undesirable but if they intentionally or negligently
become visa overstays, then there are consequences for that.

Just as you can have a spotless driving record for 30 years but if you fail to
renew your driver license before it expires, you're committing a crime if you
keep driving under a no longer valid license.