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AK<p>Universities Told Students to Leave the Country. ICE Just Said They Didn’t Actually Have to (The Intercept, 2025-04-17)</p><p><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/04/17/international-student-visas-deport-dhs-ice/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/04/17/in</span><span class="invisible">ternational-student-visas-deport-dhs-ice/</span></a><br>———</p><p>“In their haste to comply with apparent directives from Trump, universities became unwitting handmaidens of the deportation machine.”</p><p>“The Department of Homeland Security … does not have the authority to terminate students’ immigration statuses by terminating their records in the Student Exchange and Visitor Information System [SEVIS].”</p><p>“Under pressure from <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a>, schools have been advising students they are out of status after <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/SEVIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEVIS</span></a> record termination, and in many cases disenrolling them …”</p><p>“The <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a>’s latest claims to the contrary … are sure to only sow further confusion, but they are strong grounds … for schools to immediately stop disenrolling students believed to be out of status …”</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ComplianceIsCollaboration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComplianceIsCollaboration</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ComplianceIsComplicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComplianceIsComplicity</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1971559/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1971559/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Trump cancels dozens of international student visas at UC, Stanford <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/action" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>action</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CaliforniaStatement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CaliforniaStatement</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/campus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>campus</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InternationalStudent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalStudent</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sevis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sevis</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/stanford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stanford</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>student</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StudentVisa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentVisa</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Times" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Times</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.s.Government <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UCSanDiego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UCSanDiego</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UCLA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UCLA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USTopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USTopics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USANews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USANews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Visa</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p>Dev Technology Group of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Reston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reston</span></a> Virginia awarded a $65 Million <a href="https://c.im/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> services contract shortly after <a href="https://c.im/tags/DJT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DJT</span></a> admin purges leadership of many internal <a href="https://c.im/tags/HomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomelandSecurity</span></a> depts, particularly affecting female staffers. The contract is for managing data about <a href="https://c.im/tags/SEVIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEVIS</span></a>, a data monitoring program used to track US <a href="https://c.im/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.hstoday.us/industry/industry-news/dev-technology-group-awarded-64m-dhs-ice-five-year-contract/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hstoday.us/industry/industry-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/dev-technology-group-awarded-64m-dhs-ice-five-year-contract/</span></a></p>