International USC graduate student sues federal government over student status termination

USC student sues over terminated student visa status

The historic South Caroliniana Library on the Horseshoe of the Univerisity of South Carolina, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023 in Columbia, S.C.(File/Mary Ann Chastain/Special to the SC Daily Gazette)COLUMBIA — A University of South Carolina international student from Nigeria filed suit Friday against the federal government, arguing he was denied due process after his student visa status was revoked last week without explanation. Matthew Ariwoola, 32, was …

International USC graduate student sues federal government over student status termination

A Nigerian graduate student at the University of South Carolina is suing the federal government after the student status allowing him to be in the country was terminated.

USC Student Conducting Life-Saving Research Challenges Unexplained Termination of Immigration Status

Matthew Ariwoola is a fourth-year PhD student at the University of South Carolina (USC), studying ways to make medications more effective and teaching four undergraduate chemistry courses. Now he faces the threat of arrest and deportation as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has suddenly and unilaterally terminated his F-1 student status. Represented by the ACLU of South Carolina, Ariwoola is challenging this attempt to deport him w…