Typically, if a visa status is revoked, a student can complete their studies in the United States, but they cannot leave and re-enter the country. However, if students have their legal residency status removed, such as in the case of Khalil and Öztürk, they must leave the country immediately or risk being detained.

An increasing number of student deportation threats involve the revocation of visas based on relatively minor offenses like years-old misdemeanors, according to immigration attorneys, or sometimes no reason at all.

U.S. immigration authorities have revoked the visas of roughly 90 international students at several Texas universities. The big picture: The Trump administration has revoked the visas of nearly 400 international students across the country in the last three weeks,

Students attending schools across the state, from Weatherford to Stillwater, are finding out that their visas have been revoked.

EVERY TIME I find one of these lunatics I take away their visa.” That is how Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, last month described the Trump administration’s push to deport foreign university students who had participated in campus activism.

Colleges say the cancellations have caused fear and confusion on campuses across the U.S.

Hundreds of foreign students across the US have had their visas revoked suddenly and without explanation, lawyers say.

State confirms that students have had their visas revoked but would not say how many. UC Davis confirms that seven students and five recent graduates have had their visas revoked.

The visa terminations mean the students must immediately leave the U.S., scrambling their plans to earn college degrese.