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DHS Details Sweeping Visa Revocations and Policy Expansion Targeting International Students

New ICE guidelines formalize visa revocation as grounds for legal status termination, while legal challenges and policy revisions continue.

Students and faculty from the City University of New York (CUNY) hold a rally supporting international students who have had their visas revoked by the Trump administration, in lower Manhattan, on April 11, 2025.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 11, 2014.
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Overview

  • The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) disclosed that 1.3 million international students’ names were screened through the FBI's NCIC database, producing 6,400 flagged records.
  • Approximately 3,000 students had their visas revoked, leading to automatic termination of their SEVIS records under new ICE policies.
  • An ICE document now allows visa revocation to be a valid basis for stripping students of their legal status, a departure from previous practices.
  • Federal judges have criticized the lack of individual record reviews, restoring many students’ statuses and prompting ongoing legal challenges over due process violations.
  • Justice Department attorneys have stated that future actions will not rely solely on NCIC hits, while DHS works on a new policy framework to address enforcement concerns.