Arizona’s largest community college district said Monday that it’s trying to learn why one of its students in the U.S. on an academic visa had that status terminated by the U.S. government.
Officials with Maricopa Community Colleges say a student’s so-called SEVIS — Student and Exchange Visitor Information System — status was ended. SEVIS is a federal database used to track the immigration status of students here on visas.
When those are terminated, it effectively means the student no longer has the legal status to stay in the U.S., opening them up to deportation. The district says it has 1,000 international students here on visas and has warned students that if their SEVIS status is ended, they should contact an immigration attorney.
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