The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over an alleged violation of due process rights. (KAREN BLEIER/AFP)
Plaintiffs claimed international students are allowed to continue their studies and maintain their legal residency status even after their visas get revoked.
The lawsuit asked the U.S. District Court to allow the seven international students to continue their studies by reinstating their status. A temporary restraining order has also been requested to provide immediate protection to the students, according to the ACLU of Indiana.
Among the students named in the lawsuit, six are Chinese citizens attending Purdue University or Indiana University Indianapolis. Another student is a Nigerian citizen attending the University of Notre Dame. Two of the seven students named were expected to graduate next month.
"The impact on these students’ lives is profound, and now they live in fear of being deported at any moment," Falk continued. "We're calling on the court to take immediate steps to stop these unlawful actions."
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said no one has the right to a student visa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Trump administration officials have defended the revocation of student visas, claiming that the government reserves the right to cancel them.
"There is no right to a student visa," Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on March 28. "We can cancel a student visa under the law just the same way that we can deny a student visa under the law. And we will do so in cases we find appropriate,"
Fox News' Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.
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