At least 11 international students from the Stony Brook University and the dishes of other students from other Suny schools have received their visas, part of an offensive throughout the country by the Trump administration, the school confirmed.
Stony Brook officials have so far refused to disseminate any information about students or say if any of the affected students participated in pro-palestinian protests, which has led to visas revocations for students from other schools.
The University of Long Island, which had more than 3,800 international students registered this year, said they are working with impacted students and the State to provide legal assistance and guidance to those affected.
“We are monitoring this situation in evolution and working with Campus to ensure that our students know their rights,” said Holly Lipis, a Suny spokesman.
“The University of Stony Brook is monitoring this situation evolving closely and working with Suny and our state partners to ensure that affected students know their rights, are connected to the New York State Office for new Americans for legal support, and understand Shamid”, “,”
Other schools in Long Island, such as Suny Old Westbury and the University of Hofstra, said they are not aware of any visa problem on their campus, but throughout the Suny system, another 21 students have had their state of visa.
However, it is not clear how many were revoked and if they had something to do with the manifestations of the campus.
At Buffalo University, officials issued a statement this week announcing that four current students and nine graduates had recently stripped their visas.
Cuny also reported that 17 international students experienced changes in their visa, while the University of Fordham said that two of its students, whom they confirmed had no links to any protest from the campus, also revoked their visas, according to a school spokesman.
The Trump administrator has been taking energetic measures against immigrant students, with Secretary of State Frame Rubio announcing in March that he has already revoked more than 300 visas for students, some of which was due to their anti-Israel actions.
“No one has the right to a student visa,” Rubio said at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
“If you come to this country as a student, we hope you go to class and study and get a title. If you come here to vandalize a library, take care of a campus and do all kinds of follies, we will get rid of these people,” Rubio added.
The former international student and current professor at Stony Brook, Manisha Desai, told Newsday that these revocations do more damage than well, which details how the purge is affecting and infusing “fear” in international students who just want to learn.
“It is not good for anyone’s mental health, much less for doing the work here to do: learn, contribute,” Desai said.
