Government cancels visas for at least 13 more students at North Carolina universities
Visas rescinded for students at UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Charlotte, App State
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - At least 13 more students at North Carolina universities have recently had their visas revoked.
On March 25, NC State said it was made aware that two of its international students -- both reportedly from Saudi Arabia -- had lost their visas. Within days, the two students returned home.
The NC State revocations came around the same time U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said visas would be rescinded for students who “participate in movements that are involved in doing things like vandalizing universities, harassing students, taking over buildings, creating a ruckus.”
Despite Rubio’s remark, the roommate of one of the NC State students claimed the student was “a lowkey individual who never attended any protests or wrote about this issue on social media” and was someone who “just minded his business.”
Now, two weeks after NC State learned of the rescinded visas, other colleges across the state have experienced similar situations.
On April 9, three other public universities confirmed that they have had at least one student have their visa taken. UNC Chapel Hill and UNC Charlotte had six students each lose their visa, while Appalachian State had one.
UNC Chapel Hill said it “did not initiate these terminations, and the University was not directly notified.” It, along with UNC Charlotte, confirmed that its students had their visas canceled by the federal government.
None of the three schools said where the students who lost their visas were from, nor why they lost them.
This past weekend, Rubio said the United States government planned to revoke visas for all South Sudanese passport holders, which would include Duke basketball standout Khaman Maluach, who helped lead the Blue Devils to the Final Four in this year’s NCAA tournament.
Rubio said the sanctions against the African country was “due to the failure of South Sudan’s transitional government to accept the return of its repatriated citizens in a timely manner.”
The revocation of visas for South Sudanese in America has left Maluach’s legal status in question. Should he choose to enter June’s NBA draft, the 7-foot-2 center would be a projected lottery pick if he is able to stay in the country.
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