You’re an international student in the US balancing deadlines tuition part-time work and dreams of a better future, and then one day you’re pulled over for a routine traffic stop a broken taillight, or a missed signal. Maybe you were speeding by just a few miles. You think it’s nothing—a fine a warning, maybe some points—but what you don’t know is that this moment could destroy everything you’ve worked for because, under a shocking new update, the US government is now revoking student visas.
over minor traffic offenses Yes, not criminal convictions, not threats to national security, just a traffic ticket for the over 200,000 Indian students in the US and countless more from other countries. This isn’t just an overreach; it’s a ticking time bomb. The Department of Homeland Security has quietly expanded its interpretation of immigration violations to include infractions that have nothing to do with immigration at all. Lawyers warned this opens the door to arbitrary deportations racial profiling and systematic
US cancelling student visas of Indians found not guilty
Intimidation, why now? Some say it’s a political move, an attempt to quietly reduce immigration without touching policy headlines. Others see it as part of a broader effort to weaponize minor mistakes as grounds for removal. Student groups across campuses are panicking. Universities are asking for clarification but for many students, the fear is already real because how do you explain to your parents that you were deported over a stop sign? What if your future ends with a flashing red light? What if the next brilliant coder
Not guilty but guilty! Indian students face visa cancellation
researcher or engineer is forced out over a parking fine and what if the American dream is no longer something you earn but something they can take from you at any time for any reason? For more such insights, Subscribe to India Today.
