Federal judge orders U.S. government to reinstate visa for UW graduate student

Federal judge signals she will temporarily block attempts to revoke visas for international students

Over 100 international college students and recent graduates who say their immigration records have been abruptly revoked may soon have some temporary relief. In an Atlanta courtroom Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Victoria Calvert said she is inclined to grant…

Federal judge orders U.S. government to reinstate visa for UW graduate student

A federal judge ordered the U.S. government to reinstate a UW student's visa, temporarily halting a decision made by the Trump administration.

Federal judge blocks deportation, revocation of South Dakota Mines' student visa

A federal judge Friday afternoon issued a temporary restraining order blocking the U.S. Department of Homeland security from removing a foreign graduate student at South Dakota School of Mines.Judge Karen Schreier also ordered that actions the government took earlier this month against Priya Saxena be reversed. Those included revoking her F-1 student visa and reinstating her student status in a federal database that monitors foreign exchange stu…

UW Chinese student gets temporary legal win

A federal judge in Tacoma has temporarily reinstated the legal status of a University of Washington doctoral student—identified only as “John Doe”—blocking Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from detaining or deporting him.