ICE Backtracks on Revoking More Than 1,200 Student Visas

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reversed course on a decision to automatically revoke more than 1,200 student visas, after the State Department said in March that it would use artificial intelligence to review foreign students’ records for criminal activity or arrests.

Some of the students—and their universities—were told their immigration statuses were jeopardized after they were flagged for criminal activity in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database. This prompted a flurry of lawsuits.The reversal comes after judges around the country blocked the government from revoking the student visas and suspending their statuses in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information Systems (SEVIS) database.



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