Indian Student Triumphs: Visa Victory
An Indian student has won a legal victory against a US visa termination order. A federal judge has temporarily halted the Trump administration’s broad push to cancel international student visas by prohibiting the agency from acting against an Indian engineering student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Federal District Judge William Conley temporarily blocked federal immigration authorities from canceling UW-Madison student Krish Isserdasani’s F-1 student visa in a ruling issue.
These are a handful of the thousands of international students and recent graduates who have had their ability to study and work in the U.S. called into question by President Donald Trump’s administration in recent weeks. Those affected include undergraduate and graduate students, as well as recent degree recipients who have stayed in the country to work through a temporary employment program called Optional Practical Training (OPT). Some are fighting back with federal lawsuits, filed in courts around the country. Still, many are reeling, feeling panicked and overwhelmed.
Over the past few weeks, more than 180 universities have notified their students of a SEVIS termination. By itself, a termination does not end a student’s status or require them to leave the U.S. right away, says immigration attorney Clay Greenberg. But in many recent cases, a SEVIS termination has been followed by an email from the government informing the student that their visa has been revoked, putting the student at risk of deportation.
Krish Lal Isserdasani, 21, was scheduled to receive his bachelor’s degree in computer engineering in early May, but the April 15 injunction stops the Department of Homeland Security from canceling the student visa or holding him in custody.
According to the order, Isserdasani would not be able to finish his degree and apply for a program that would permit him to work while still having his student visa because of the termination.
The students’ records in the SEVIS database have been terminated, indicating that they no longer have legal status in the United States and are required to either leave the country right now or file a lawsuit to try to stay. The travel document that permits admission into the United States is the subject of Conley’s ruling that the government cannot cancel Isserdasani’s student visa.
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