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Dozens of UW Student Visas Cancelled
One of Madison’s Democratic lawmakers is urging “opposition” to the Trump Administration over the dozens of University of Wisconsin students and graduates who’ve seen their visas terminated over the past week or so.
Sen. Kelda Roys, D-Madison, on Tuesday took aim at the president’s decision to cancel the visas of 13 UW-Madison students.
“In Madison, we celebrate the courage it takes to come study in the United States to build a better life and advance human knowledge,” Roys said in a statement. “Our community is a welcoming, innovative, and thriving place, because we attract the world’s best and brightest, who help tackle some of our most challenging problems.”
The University of Wisconsin on Monday explained that it had nothing to do with the terminations, and doesn’t know why the Trump Administration acted.
"UW–Madison played no role in these terminations," the UW said in a statement. "UW-Madison is not aware of federal law enforcement activity on campus, and the university does not believe the terminations at UW–Madison are specific to participation in free speech events or political activity. However, the precise rationale for these terminations is unclear."
The UW said on Tuesday that 14 more current and former students at the school’s 12 other campuses also saw their visas terminated.
Roys didn’t say if she plans to introduce any new legislation, or press the UW for any formal answers. Instead she laid the blame, and her anger, at the feet of the president.
“All of us must stand up to the Republican Regime’s lawless, unconstitutional, and un-American actions to abduct, arrest, and kick out, and intimidate international students, legal permanent residents, and others, without due process of law,” Roys added. “This is unacceptable and we must unite in opposing it.”
A UW spokesman on Tuesday said the 27 visa terminations are a “point in time” number, and could not say if more students or graduates will see their visas canceled.
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