Visa revoked, Chinmay Deore, an Indian student sues Trump administration over deportation threat

Chinmay Deore, an Indian National who studies at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and two other students from China and one from Nepal have filed the lawsuit against Homeland Security and immigration officials. "At most, what seems to connect the students is that they had some encounter with some American law enforcement official at some point in the past, no matter how innocuous -- including receiving a speeding or parking ticket (or even a warning) or lawfully withdrawing an application to enter the US," their Attorney complaint said. They have alleged that their student immigration status in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) was "illegally terminated" without any notice or explanation. The SEVIS database contains information about non-immigrant students in the US. The development means the students no longer have legal status in the US, and would have to leave the country immediately. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court Eastern District of Michigan, was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of the students. Asking the court to reinstate their legal status, the students said neither were they charged with any crime, nor did they violate any immigration law. The students said they were also not active in on-campus protests regarding any political issue.