Trump administration sows panic at California universities after revoking over 100 student visas
Pratheepan Gulasekaram of the University of Colorado, said Trump’s Department of Homeland Security “is acting as though they are unbounded by congressional laws and can simply remove people at their discretion. This should scare all Americans — citizens, green card holders and student visitors.” Kevin Johnson, immigration law professor and former dean of the UC Davis law school, said he is concerned the Trump administration’s actions could discourage prospective students from applying to American universities in the future. “It’s going to have an impact on students coming, impact on universities in paying revenues, and that means there’s likely to be fewer foreign scholars who decide to come to the U.S. or stay after they’ve gotten a degree here,” he said.
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by Anna Bauman, St. John Barned-Smith, Bob Egelko, The San Francisco Chronicle.