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UConn officials announced Monday, April 14, that 13 of the university’s nearly 3,500 international students had their visas canceled. According to a statement from the university, six are undergraduate students, six are graduate students, and one is enrolled in a post-graduate professional program.
University administrators said they reviewed records through the Student and Exchange Visitor Program and discovered that approvals for the 13 students had been rescinded.
“Although the University is prohibited from offering legal representation or financial assistance for legal representation, we remain committed to doing anything we can to support our students, faculty, and staff on this or any issue," the university said in a statement.
It remains unclear which countries the affected students are from, and administrators said they do not know why the visas were revoked.
According to the CT Mirror, federal officials have canceled the visas of 50 students across Connecticut since former President Donald Trump vowed to impose stricter penalties on immigration law violations.
However, it is not yet known whether any of the affected students violated immigration laws.
As of last week, Yale University has confirmed that four of its students had their visas revoked, the news outlet reported.
Last month, the U.S. State Department announced that it had revoked more than 300 student visas nationwide.
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