The Department of Homeland Security revoked or changed the visa status for students at New York University, City University of New York (CUNY) and Fordham University, officials from those schools said Wednesday.
CUNY said 17 international students had “a change in visa status," according to Spectrum News New York 1.
In addition, the president and provost of NYU wrote in a post on the university’s website that “some members of our community are among those affected” by the federal government’s terminations of immigration status of students across the country.
It’s unclear how many students, if those students took part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus and what criminal charges, if any, they face, the news station said.
According to NYU, it hosts more international students than any other American university, with around 28,000 students.
Meanwhile, Fordham University said the DHS revoked the visas of two students, the news agency said.
According to a letter sent to the university by Fordham President Tania Tetlow, “a growing number of students from a wide range of countries have had their visas revoked without explanation and without notice.”
“We discovered that this has affected one of our own undergraduate students,” the letter goes on to read.
