State Department Warns Hundreds of Foreign Students by Email That They Are No Longer Legal

Universities are complaining of being kept in the dark as the State Department increases the number of foreign student visas it is canceling for what it calls illegal activities.

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People gather at Somerville, Massachusetts to demand the release of a Turkish student at Tufts University who was arrested by federal agents. AP/Michael Casey

Hundreds of emails are being sent to foreign students from the State Department notifying them that their visas have been revoked and they may be removed from the country at any minute. The notice for revocation does not give a reason other than that “additional information became available” after they were granted visitor status.

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