If you are arrested, and have a student visa, you should be tried, then deported. While on trial, should be held in jail or a detention camp. Maybe that would end the abuse of foreign Hamas/terrorist supporters on our campuses.
“Minutes from a meeting between UCLA administrators and Undergraduate Students Association Council officers revealed that the students whose visas were revoked had previously been arrested.
The United States government revoked the visas of around 50 international students and alumni across the UC, according to a Tuesday statement from UC President Michael Drake.
During the Sunday meeting, administrators and USAC officers were aware of 12 visa revocations. The Daily Bruin confirmed Wednesday that sixteen UCLA students – including seven current students and nine alumni currently participating in Optical Practice Training – had their visas revoked.
The university would not notify students with a BruinAlert if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement came on campus, administrators said at the meeting.”
Why should college administrators warn criminals they are about to be arrested and deported?
Students who had visas revoked were previously arrested, USAC meeting reveals
By Alexandra Crosnoe and Sam Mulick, Daily Bruin, 4/9/25 https://dailybruin.com/2025/04/09/students-who-had-visas-revoked-were-previously-arrested-usac-meeting-reveals
Minutes from a meeting between UCLA administrators and Undergraduate Students Association Council officers revealed that the students whose visas were revoked had previously been arrested.
The United States government revoked the visas of around 50 international students and alumni across the UC, according to a Tuesday statement from UC President Michael Drake.
During the Sunday meeting, administrators and USAC officers were aware of 12 visa revocations. The Daily Bruin confirmed Wednesday that sixteen UCLA students – including seven current students and nine alumni currently participating in Optical Practice Training – had their visas revoked.
The university would not notify students with a BruinAlert if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement came on campus, administrators said at the meeting. The university would only “be in a position” to notify students after the fact, according to the minutes obtained by the Daily Bruin.
[Related: Trump administration revokes visas of multiple UCLA, UC students]
According to minutes, Sam Nahidi, the director of the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars, said students whose visas were revoked had all been arrested for at least a criminal misdemeanor, ranging from “simple arrests with no convictions to full-blown court cases,” including speeding tickets, missed court appearances, reckless driving and marijuana possession before legalization.
The Trump administration previously issued a January executive order that threatened to revoke the visas of students who participated in pro-Palestine protests.
[Related: Trump signs executive order threatening to revoke pro-Palestine protesters’ visas]
Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Monroe Gorden Jr. said the students who had their visas revoked are still enrolled at UCLA, according to the minutes. However, Gorden was unable to confirm if students who leave the country will be able to continue their studies virtually, adding that the dean of undergraduate education is currently discussing the issue with both USAC and the Graduate Student Association, according to the minutes.
USAC passed a resolution Tuesday urging the UCLA Academic Senate to tell faculty that they may provide hybrid access to classes for students unable to attend in person because of safety and “immigration-related” concerns.
Gorden said that individual departments will likely choose whether or not to offer virtual options for students, adding that the decision could also become a UCLA Academic Senate issue, according to the minutes.
One student whose visa was terminated had their visa revoked years ago but re-entered the U.S. on a new visa and traveled thereafter, according to the minutes. Both their visa and Student Exchange and Visa Information System account were cancelled.
In addition to Gorden and Nahidi, USAC President Adam Tfayli, GSA President Noor Nakhaei, USAC International Student Representative Syed Tamim Ahmad, Catherine Hamilton – a former Daily Bruin News editor listed in the minutes as attending on behalf of a USAC office – and kc Bui, the deputy director and director of student affairs initiatives, attended the meeting.
Nahidi said during the meeting that two UCLA students had their visas revoked as early as March 27, according to the minutes. The U.S. government revoked eight visas by Friday morning, and that total rose to 12 by Friday night, according to the minutes.
During the meeting, Nahidi said that it was premature to advise international students to hire immigration attorneys because there is not enough of a pattern to the visa revocations to justify creating panic, according to the minutes. He added that the administration does not “want to pose additional burdens without clear criteria from the federal government,” according to the minutes.
UCLA Media Relations declined requests to interview Nahidi and Gorden.
“No one is available for interview at this time,” a UCLA spokesperson said.
Gorden also said at the meeting the university is trying to limit direct contact with federal agencies, according to the minutes. He added that federal agents with legal cause can enter buildings, but UCLA does not “complement” their work.
Nahidi said that federal agencies – such as ICE and the Federal Bureau of Investigation – visit campus regularly, often to inquire about employment verification, according to the minutes. These officers are referred to Campus Human Resources or the Registrar, he added, according to the minutes.
Gorden also said the university cannot send out broad public messages regarding specifics of the visa terminations, according to the minutes. The Dashew Center can directly speak to impacted students but is limited in what details it can share, he said.
