Emory University students and alumni joined together in a campus rally at Emory Student Center Plaza on Monday in response to a student and three alumni having their visas revoked last week.
One Emory student and three alumni had their immigration records terminated from the federal Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), which is a part of President Donald Trump’s administration, having revoked over 300 visas of international college students nationwide in recent weeks.
To learn more about Emory’s recent student and alumni visa revocations, click here.
According to an AJC article, five international students and two alumni in Georgia who had their visas revoked have filed a lawsuit against the federal government stating that they illegally terminated their immigration records.
While protesting these visa revocations at Emory, the rally supported Palestine and Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University activist who was arrested in March by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement despite having a student visa.
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