More international students and recent graduates of the Johns Hopkins University have had their visas revoked by the federal government, bringing the number of those impacted to “several dozen” as of Thursday, the Baltimore school said.
“We share the serious concerns arising from recent changes in federal immigration policies and enforcement activities and understand the anxiety this instills in our community members and their families, here and abroad,” the university’s website reads. “We are working directly with affected students.”
On Tuesday, Hopkins said about a dozen students and recent graduates had been impacted.
The F-1 visa program is part of the National Security Investigations Division and helps “government organizations that have an interest in information on nonimmigrants whose primary reason for coming to the United States is to be students,” according to the division’s website.
The Trump administration has targeted students who had been involved with pro-Palestinian activism or speech, including Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder who was a leader of protests at Columbia University. The University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County have also had students lose their visas.
“We have received no information about the specific basis for the revocations, but we have no indication that they are associated with free expression activities on campus,” a Hopkins statement reads. “While visa revocations require students to depart the United States, we are not aware of any arrests or detentions of Johns Hopkins students as a result of these visa actions.”
The university said it’s taken “required steps to inform students of the terminations” and is providing them with supports such as academic advising and health and wellness services.
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