US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is reversing its decision to revoke the legal status of overseas students nationwide, according to a government lawyer. ICE is manually restoring student status for individuals whose records were recently deleted, a government attorney told a federal court in Oakland.
Brian Green, the plaintiff's lawyer, shared a copy of the emailed statement with the Associated Press, saying it was similar to one made in another case in Washington on Friday. "ICE is creating a policy that will give SEVIS record terminations a structure. According to the statement, "ICE will not alter the record based solely on the NCIC finding that resulted in the recent SEVIS record termination. Until such a policy is issued, the SEVIS records for the plaintiff(s) in this case (and other plaintiffs in a similar situation) will remain Active or shall be re-activated if not currently active."
SEVIS records were terminated due to FBI checks
The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, or SEVIS, is a database that tracks whether international students comply with their visa requirements. The FBI is responsible for maintaining the National Crime Information Center, or NCIC. Many students who had their records terminated were informed that their visas had been revoked or that the reason was a criminal record check.
Both students and schools were caught off guard by the abrupt terminations. Usually, schools didn't find out about the modifications until they were checking the foreign student database regularly or after hearing about similar terminations that had happened to other students.
After numerous international students were abruptly terminated in recent weeks without notifying the students or their institutions, judges throughout the united states had previously given temporary orders to restore the records of the students in the federal database held by ICE.
According to Green, the government attorney affirmed that the policy would be applicable to all impacted students, not just those who had filed a lawsuit.
Brian Green, the plaintiff's lawyer, shared a copy of the emailed statement with the Associated Press, saying it was similar to one made in another case in Washington on Friday. "ICE is creating a policy that will give SEVIS record terminations a structure. According to the statement, "ICE will not alter the record based solely on the NCIC finding that resulted in the recent SEVIS record termination. Until such a policy is issued, the SEVIS records for the plaintiff(s) in this case (and other plaintiffs in a similar situation) will remain Active or shall be re-activated if not currently active."
SEVIS records were terminated due to FBI checks
The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, or SEVIS, is a database that tracks whether international students comply with their visa requirements. The FBI is responsible for maintaining the National Crime Information Center, or NCIC. Many students who had their records terminated were informed that their visas had been revoked or that the reason was a criminal record check.
Both students and schools were caught off guard by the abrupt terminations. Usually, schools didn't find out about the modifications until they were checking the foreign student database regularly or after hearing about similar terminations that had happened to other students.
After numerous international students were abruptly terminated in recent weeks without notifying the students or their institutions, judges throughout the united states had previously given temporary orders to restore the records of the students in the federal database held by ICE.
According to Green, the government attorney affirmed that the policy would be applicable to all impacted students, not just those who had filed a lawsuit.
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