A U.S. visa crackdown by the Trump administration has led to the revocation of over 1,000 student visas since late March, igniting fear and legal challenges across U.S. campuses. The abrupt and opaque nature of the crackdown has left many students, who have committed no obvious immigration violations, facing deportation or uncertain futures. A minimum of 1,024 students across 160 colleges, universities, and university systems have had their visas revoked or their legal status canceled, according to an Associated Press analysis of university statements, communications with school officials, and court documents since March. Advocacy organizations tracking the issue report that hundreds of additional students may also be affected by the sweeping enforcement effort. Immigration attorneys, who initially received just a handful of inquiries, now report receiving dozens of calls daily from confused and frightened students who say they were never informed of any wrongdoing. “We thought it was going to be something that was unusual,” said Matthew Maiona, a Boston-based immigration attorney to AP as he was getting more than six calls a day from concerned international students . “But it seems now like it’s coming pretty fast and furious.”…
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