'Visa revoked': Why US is asking international students to self-deport ?
PTC News Desk: In a shocking move, hundreds of international students studying in the US are being asked to self-deport as their F-1 visas (student visas) have been revoked owing to campus activism.
The crackdown on student by the US Department of State (DOS) is not only restricted to the students who participated in campus activism students who even liked any anti-national post have reportedly also been targeted in these emails.
According to the reports, many Indian students may also have been targeted merely for acts such as sharing social media post.
The diktat followed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's announcement about the revocation of several international students' visas for so-called anti-national activities.
"It might be more than 300 at this point. We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visas...Every country in the world has a right to decide who comes in as a visitor and who doesn't," Rubio said at a press conference
The email received by students from the authorities asked them to self-deport themselves using the CBP Home App that the US President Donald Trump administration launched on March 10.
"On behalf of the United States Department of State, the Bureau of Consular Affairs Visa Office hereby informs you that additional information became available after your visa was issued. As a result, your F-1 visa with expiration date XXXXX was revoked in accordance with Section 221(i) of the United States Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended," read the email.
- With inputs from agencies
