Five international college students and two recent graduates studying in Georgia have filed suit against President Donald Trump’s administration after attorneys say the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement unlawfully terminated the immigration records allowing them to keep studying in the United States.
Many of the students believe the actions were taken against them because of past run-ins with law enforcement, mostly over traffic citations, some of which were ultimately dropped, according to the lawsuit.
Unless the U.S. District Court of North Georgia puts a temporary block on the government while the case moves forward, the students could be subject to arrest, detention and deportation in addition to loss of academic standing and degrees.
The termination of the students’ Student and Exchange Visitor Program records comes as the Trump administration cracks down on immigration, targeting student visa holders in the country legally for “self-deportation.”