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U.S. revokes 6,000+ international student visas for law violations and security concerns

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The US State Department has revoked more than 6,000 international student visas, citing violations of US law, overstays, and national security concerns.

Officials said the majority of cases involved crimes such as assault, burglary, and DUI, while 200–300 visas were cancelled under terrorism-related provisions of immigration law.

The move is part of the Trump administration’s broader immigration crackdown, which has included enhanced social media vetting of applicants and scrutiny of students accused of supporting Palestine-related protests deemed antisemitic.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers that “thousands” of revocations had already taken place this year, with more expected. Democrats criticised the policy as “undermining due process”, while more than 1.1 million international students remain enrolled in US institutions.

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  1. “, which has included enhanced social media vetting of applicants and scrutiny of students accused of supporting Palestine-related protests deemed antisemitic.”

    For the land of the free, and the home of the brave.

    Trump is bringing in a social credit system. He has said they are gonna have a digital ID to use at the air/land/sea borders. But his supporters are too blind/proud/dumb to see it. They don’t care because they aren’t anti the genocide, or an immigrant

    How does that saying go again?

    When they came for the …. I did not care because I was not ….
    When they came for the …. I did not care because I was not ….
    When they came for the …. I did not care because I was not ….
    When they came for me …..

  2. Land of the Fee & Home of the Slave…
    Even U.S.-born students are now leaving the U.S. or have been leaving to go offshore for Uni / College.
    Many found that despite their high pre-admittance scores to get into Uni or ‘College’, they were BLACKLISTED by the government due to their political beliefs, or political involvement, or their Parent’s politics (Just ask Keith Locke about that…!).
    https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/17-01-2019/keith-locke-spy-chiefs-apology-to-me-reveals-scandalous-truth-about-the-sis
    https://www.converge.org.nz/watchdog/50/08.html
    The schools have been threatening the Uni’s / Colleges with legal or with-holding of Federal Funding action if the BLACKLISTED students were allowed in.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YvAYIJSSZY
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPemyipJzAM
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOGaugKpzs&list=RDOMOGaugKpzs&start_radio=1
    How’s THAT for predictive programming…!

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