Warning against political activity by foreign students on the American campus after the abolition of the Chinese researcher visa

TOI correspondent from Washington: Students from India usually embrace a lifestyle in the United States and are said to be about “apartment and department”. Graduate students may be older than a little more adventurous, as they are transferred between “Counselor and Budweiser”. The rare people who are bold enough to cling to political activity obtained a useful warning this week with the Trump administration nullifying the student visa for a Chinese scientist in California to participate in The supportive gatherings of the Palestinian On campus.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not call the student, but social media publications identified it as Liu Ligon, a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCL). Liu came to the lead after her arrest in May 2024 after the camping of the campus associated with the Israeli war, after the Palestinian extremist group attacked Israel. While some reports described it as a organizer leading the protests against Israel’s revenge, others said it was only a participation in her arrest in the spotlight.
Speculation about the processes of evoking foreign students in the air for weeks after President Trump signed an executive order on January 29 aimed at combating the administration, which was described by the increasing hostility and harassment of Jewish students on the campus of universities. It specifically targeted international students participating in the activity supporting the Palestinians, and allowed them to education departments, state and internal security to monitor the activities of foreign students and employees who can lead to investigations, and if there is justification, the visa or deportation displacement.
It is said that the nullity of the Leo Legon visa is the first of its kind in recent times and comes in the aftermath of the Trump administration, which suffers from $ 400 million in federal financing from Columbia University for its failure to fight anti -Semitism on the campus. Nine other universities, including George Washington University; Harvard University Jones Hopkins; New York University Northwestern University; The University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, Berkeley; Minnesota University; The University of Southern California is subject to scrutiny, as the Ministry of Justice officials visit them to consider political activity by foreign students, which distinguishes the most extreme Maga elements as support for terrorists.
Thousands of students from India are studying in these universities, all of which are located in the states run by Democrats and liberal pockets in the United States. India is now the leading country for international students in the United States, with 331,602 Indian students enrolled in American higher education institutions, an increase of 23 % over the previous year when China was the first countries.
Trump himself directed the activity “wake up” and “liberal” in universities, which he says dominated by “radical left” or “Marxist” that gives the priority of sexual identity discussions and critical race theory at the expense of traditional American principles.
Most universities, including Colombia, quickly fall into the queue even with civil freedoms active about war on freedom of expression and peaceful protests that have long been the feature of the American campus. But Maga Hardliners argue that foreign students cannot practice, at least from both China, whose government will not allow protests by its citizens.
Not everyone is convinced of Trump’s position in favor of anti -Semitism. “The nullity of federal scholarships to the University of Colombia is not related to combating anti -Semitism, it is related to the Trump administration war on education and science. If the Trump administration is dangerous in anti -Semitism … they will not fill their ranks with unusual antacids,” said Jerry Nadler, a member of the Democratic Congress.
He added: “Today’s announcement does not do anything to maintain the safety of Jewish students and sends a chilling message that universities should be in line with the Maga agenda or facing financial ruin.”