An Indian student Michigan is one of the four international students from public universities who have filed a federal case against the US Homeland Security (DHS), seeking to restore their immigration status after allegedly ended without appropriate notice or clarification.
Chinmay Deur from India, Jiangoon Boo and Kiui Yang from China, and Yogesh Joshi from Nepal are challenging to cancel their F -1 student visa in the student and exchange visitor Information System (Sevis), which is an American government database that tracks non -students. The students are represented by Michigan’s American Civil Liberty Union (ACLU), which also filed a request for an emergency prohibitory verification.
ACLU said in a statement, “The lawsuit asks the court to restore the status of these students so that they can complete their studies and avoid the risk of custody and exile.”
According to the complaint, students were never given valid reasons for termination, nor were they involved in any legal violation or protest against the campus. “None of them have been accused, convicted for any crime in the US alone. No one has violated any immigration law. Nor are they active in the campus protests about any political issue,” it is said.
The trial was named as DHS Secretary Christie Nom, acting ice director Todd Leone and Director of Ice Detroit Field Office Robert Lynch as defendants. It alleges that the expiration law appeared based on a minor or valid interaction with enforcement, such as traffic violations or admission applications withdrew.
“DHS did not give any meaningful explanation to students or their schools to end their F -1 student’s position,” the trial states.
The case is part of the increasing number of legal challenges targeting the immigration enforcement policies of Trump-era, which continue to affect international students. Similar cases have been filed in states including New Hampshire, Indiana and California.
Staff Attorney Ramis Wadood at ACLU, Michigan said, “These cruel and illegal government work are the result of real life.” “Status termination does not only disrupt the life of students being targeted; future international scholars in government functions must be prevented from choosing Michigan and America as their academic destination.”
