Education Association filed a lawsuit to prevent illegal termination of sevis records of international students

Alliances of presidents on higher education and immigration, alliances of more than 570 campus leaders, with several affected international students, have filed a case in an American district court (district of Massachusetts) on Thursday, challenging. Department of Homeland SecurityOf (DHS) illegal collective ending Sevis records For F -1 student And participants Alternative practical training (Opt) Program.
The complaint of the trial argues that the widespread termination of DHS has no basis in federal regulation and the fixed process of fifth amendment is a violation of safety. Thousands of international students were given an opportunity to respond to a legitimate situation, personal explanation, and a few weeks before reaching housing, jobs and education without warning. This policy also reduces members’ ability to attract, maintain and serve international students.
The alliances of presidents and many affected international students, including the nominated plaintiffs of member institutes such as Boston University and MIT, are depicted by the Law firm Green and Speigel and the National Immigration Project.
Sevis is a government database operated by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice’s) student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), which is used to monitor and track the student’s status. Operationally, the government depends on an active sevis record, which is an indicator that an international student remains in a valid position. The termination of sevis record ends the ability of a student to work or participate in alternative practical training (OPT) or course practical training (CPT), and hosts other consequences. International students are unable to continue any progress towards their degrees, without differences, inter-disciplines work, access to CPT or opt or the ability to obtain state identity or driver license in several examples. They are also in danger of arrest, custody or removal.
Through this trial, the alliance of presidents asks the court:

International students have filed the lawsuit under the name pseudonym. One of the plaintiff is
Graduate students chasing the Master of Science degree at STEM from Boston University with anticipated graduation date of May 2025. He earlier earned BS in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University and currently lives in Massachusetts. Eligible for a three -year STEM opt as an international student, he is actively preparing to start his professional career in the US. His future was suddenly endangered when he received notice that his sevis record was terminated based on unspecified criminal record conclusions – despite only a minor traffic violations. Nevertheless, another international student, recently earned a master’s degree in financial mathematics from Boston University in January 2024. He was working full -time on April 3, 2025 under the sudden STEM Opt Authority, that his sevis record was abolished due to an alleged criminal record check and/or visa cancellation. Due to no criminal history and no police contact, he was forced to quit his job and since then lost the opportunity to return to his employer.
“We are going to court to protect the rights of international students and defend the ability to appropriately attract, maintain and support our member institutions. Unlawful expiration of student records without any process in the heart of higher education. Feldbalum, the President and CEO of the President’s coalition said.
Louis Calledera, Board President of President Alliance and former President of New Mexico University, said: “International students are launching cutting-edged, university-based research and innovative companies that increase national security and promote our economic vitality. Very students who help the future of America.”
Syrine Shebya, Executive Director of the National Immigration Project, said, “Sudden steps are unprecedented to abolish the record of thousands of international students without any legitimate basis, and have introduced fear and uncertainty in the lives of international students, many of which are already strong families or other support networks, and it is not that you are not deep understanding of that details. Cruel understanding both, and the general coronation, and the general coronation in front of the policies. She fly