DHS memo offers new guidance on terminating status of international students
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KX investigator Kelly Wy'}, {'start': '15.759', 'end': '20.240', 'text': 'explains why legal teams say the'}, {'start': '18.000', 'end': '23.600', 'text': 'international students could still face'}, {'start': '20.240', 'end': '25.279', 'text': 'some complications in the long term.'}, {'start': '23.600', 'end': '27.680', 'text': "Immigration attorneys tell us they're"}, {'start': '25.279', 'end': '30.560', 'text': 'now working to decipher new guidance'}, {'start': '27.680', 'end': '32.480', 'text': 'that seemingly expands the reasons why'}, {'start': '30.560', 'end': '35.760', 'text': 'ICE can terminate an international'}, {'start': '32.480', 'end': '38.079', 'text': 'students legal status in this country.'}, {'start': '35.760', 'end': '40.640', 'text': 'Weeks before graduation, international'}, {'start': '38.079', 'end': '43.200', 'text': 'students based in Texas and across the'}, {'start': '40.640', 'end': '45.760', 'text': 'country are unsure about their future in'}, {'start': '43.200', 'end': '47.680', 'text': 'the United States. Court records show in'}, {'start': '45.760', 'end': '51.600', 'text': 'recent weeks the federal government'}, {'start': '47.680', 'end': '53.760', 'text': 'abruptly terminated approximately 4700'}, {'start': '51.600', 'end': '56.399', 'text': 'foreign students from the student and'}, {'start': '53.760', 'end': '58.800', 'text': 'exchange visitor information system or'}, {'start': '56.399', 'end': '60.879', 'text': 'sevis a database that tracks the'}, {'start': '58.800', 'end': '63.680', 'text': 'minute-to-minute status of foreign'}, {'start': '60.879', 'end': '65.519', 'text': 'students and workers in the US. This has'}, {'start': '63.680', 'end': '68.799', 'text': 'never happened before. Brian Green has'}, {'start': '65.519', 'end': '71.040', 'text': 'practiced immigration law for 21 years.'}, {'start': '68.799', 'end': '73.200', 'text': 'He currently represents more than 30'}, {'start': '71.040', 'end': '76.159', 'text': 'students across the country who were'}, {'start': '73.200', 'end': '78.799', 'text': 'deleted from Sevis, including six people'}, {'start': '76.159', 'end': '80.960', 'text': 'based in Texas. According to Green, all'}, {'start': '78.799', 'end': '82.640', 'text': 'of the people deleted from the system'}, {'start': '80.960', 'end': '85.280', 'text': 'had some interaction with law'}, {'start': '82.640', 'end': '87.439', 'text': 'enforcement during their time in the US'}, {'start': '85.280', 'end': '89.520', 'text': 'that showed up in the National Crime'}, {'start': '87.439', 'end': '91.079', 'text': 'Information Center database. Whether'}, {'start': '89.520', 'end': '93.920', 'text': "it's a traffic"}, {'start': '91.079', 'end': '96.400', 'text': 'citation, some people have been arrested'}, {'start': '93.920', 'end': '98.759', 'text': 'and never charged with a crime. Some'}, {'start': '96.400', 'end': '101.600', 'text': 'things are as minor as public'}, {'start': '98.759', 'end': '102.880', 'text': 'intoxication, disorderly conduct. Some'}, {'start': '101.600', 'end': '105.680', 'text': 'things are more serious. Some things are'}, {'start': '102.880', 'end': '109.840', 'text': 'like a DUI. In a lot of cases, charges'}, {'start': '105.680', 'end': '112.320', 'text': 'were never filed or um the uh case was'}, {'start': '109.840', 'end': '114.320', 'text': 'dropped or, you know, there was no'}, {'start': '112.320', 'end': '116.479', 'text': 'conviction. Anna Steanova is an'}, {'start': '114.320', 'end': '119.040', 'text': 'immigration attorney based in Maryland.'}, {'start': '116.479', 'end': '121.840', 'text': 'Her firm is also assisting students'}, {'start': '119.040', 'end': '124.719', 'text': 'impacted by the seis terminations. The'}, {'start': '121.840', 'end': '127.200', 'text': 'law is very specific. It has to be a'}, {'start': '124.719', 'end': '129.679', 'text': 'conviction for a crime of violence for'}, {'start': '127.200', 'end': '133.040', 'text': 'which a term of imprisonment should be'}, {'start': '129.679', 'end': '135.360', 'text': 'one year or more. And that is one'}, {'start': '133.040', 'end': '139.760', 'text': 'instance where you know a criminal'}, {'start': '135.360', 'end': '142.319', 'text': 'record would make somebody subject to u'}, {'start': '139.760', 'end': '146.720', 'text': 'removal or you know result in a'}, {'start': '142.319', 'end': '149.360', 'text': 'violation of status. But none of our uh'}, {'start': '146.720', 'end': '152.879', 'text': 'student uh clients and none of the'}, {'start': '149.360', 'end': '155.360', 'text': 'clients that we spoke with had anything'}, {'start': '152.879', 'end': '157.680', 'text': 'near that. Green said his clients got'}, {'start': '155.360', 'end': '160.160', 'text': 'noticed in early April they had been'}, {'start': '157.680', 'end': '162.800', 'text': 'terminated from the system along with a'}, {'start': '160.160', 'end': '165.760', 'text': 'message saying individual identified in'}, {'start': '162.800', 'end': '168.800', 'text': 'criminal records check andor has visa'}, {'start': '165.760', 'end': '170.800', 'text': 'revoked. His lawsuit on behalf of 23'}, {'start': '168.800', 'end': '173.680', 'text': 'international students argues the'}, {'start': '170.800', 'end': '175.599', 'text': 'termination was unlawful, violated the'}, {'start': '173.680', 'end': '178.160', 'text': 'students fifth amendment rights to due'}, {'start': '175.599', 'end': '181.040', 'text': 'process, and put them at risk of abrupt'}, {'start': '178.160', 'end': '182.800', 'text': 'detention without prior notice. Green'}, {'start': '181.040', 'end': '184.400', 'text': 'said international students in the'}, {'start': '182.800', 'end': '187.120', 'text': 'middle of their practical training'}, {'start': '184.400', 'end': '188.959', 'text': 'programs also lost employment. The'}, {'start': '187.120', 'end': '191.360', 'text': 'Department of Homeland Security did not'}, {'start': '188.959', 'end': '193.440', 'text': 'respond to our questions. But last week,'}, {'start': '191.360', 'end': '195.519', 'text': 'in a major reversal, the federal'}, {'start': '193.440', 'end': '198.480', 'text': 'government began filing this statement'}, {'start': '195.519', 'end': '200.800', 'text': 'in federal court cases, saying ICE is'}, {'start': '198.480', 'end': '203.280', 'text': 'developing a policy that will provide a'}, {'start': '200.800', 'end': '205.599', 'text': 'framework for SEIS record termination.'}, {'start': '203.280', 'end': '207.680', 'text': 'But until then, international students'}, {'start': '205.599', 'end': '209.599', 'text': 'who were deleted from the system would'}, {'start': '207.680', 'end': '212.560', 'text': "be reactivated and wouldn't be"}, {'start': '209.599', 'end': '215.760', 'text': 'terminated for the same NCIC finding.'}, {'start': '212.560', 'end': '218.560', 'text': 'That lasted about 24 hours. Over the'}, {'start': '215.760', 'end': '221.280', 'text': 'weekend, we got updates saying that ICE'}, {'start': '218.560', 'end': '223.360', 'text': 'was deleting the sentence about we will'}, {'start': '221.280', 'end': '224.959', 'text': 'not revoke or terminate service'}, {'start': '223.360', 'end': '226.879', 'text': 'terminations for the same reasons. Some'}, {'start': '224.959', 'end': '229.360', 'text': 'of them are graduating in the next two'}, {'start': '226.879', 'end': '231.519', 'text': 'weeks or three weeks, but ultimately'}, {'start': '229.360', 'end': '234.239', 'text': 'there are hundreds of thousands of'}, {'start': '231.519', 'end': '235.840', 'text': 'foreign students that are really upset'}, {'start': '234.239', 'end': '238.159', 'text': 'and worried about what is going to'}, {'start': '235.840', 'end': '240.640', 'text': 'happen to them. And the universities,'}, {'start': '238.159', 'end': '242.400', 'text': 'these students pay more than out of'}, {'start': '240.640', 'end': '243.760', 'text': 'state tuition. These people pay a'}, {'start': '242.400', 'end': '245.760', 'text': 'premium and are keeping a lot of'}, {'start': '243.760', 'end': '247.280', 'text': 'universities from having to close or'}, {'start': '245.760', 'end': '249.280', 'text': 'consolidate.'}, {'start': '247.280', 'end': '250.959', 'text': 'And one possible complication for those'}, {'start': '249.280', 'end': '253.239', 'text': 'international students who were'}, {'start': '250.959', 'end': '256.239', 'text': 'terminated from Sevis and then'}, {'start': '253.239', 'end': '258.880', 'text': 'reactivated is that gap that now exists'}, {'start': '256.239', 'end': '261.199', 'text': 'in their service record because in order'}, {'start': '258.880', 'end': '263.600', 'text': 'to change their status to apply for a'}, {'start': '261.199', 'end': '265.360', 'text': 'green card or make an adjustment, they'}, {'start': '263.600', 'end': '267.440', 'text': 'would have to prove that they were'}, {'start': '265.360', 'end': '269.600', 'text': 'active and had a service record from'}, {'start': '267.440', 'end': '272.880', 'text': 'entry into the country until that'}, {'start': '269.600', 'end': '275.120', 'text': 'request. in Austin. Kelly Wy, KXN'}, {'start': '272.880', 'end': '276.880', 'text': 'investigates. And on Tuesday, the'}, {'start': '275.120', 'end': '278.960', 'text': 'district court in New Hampshire issued'}, {'start': '276.880', 'end': '281.040', 'text': 'the first preliminary injunction in the'}, {'start': '278.960', 'end': '282.800', 'text': 'seis lawsuits requiring the federal'}, {'start': '281.040', 'end': '284.800', 'text': 'government to maintain the seis record'}, {'start': '282.800', 'end': '286.880', 'text': 'of one international student enrolled at'}, {'start': '284.800', 'end': '290.400', 'text': 'Wake Forest University until the'}, {'start': '286.880', 'end': '290.400', 'text': 'conclusion of her case.'}]