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Federal judge blocks deportation, revocation of South Dakota Mines' student visa

Indian Ph.D. candidate faced possible removal from U.S.; sued Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

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A federal judge Friday afternoon issued a temporary restraining order blocking the U.S. Department of Homeland security from removing a foreign graduate student at South Dakota School of Mines.

Judge Karen Schreier also ordered that actions the government took earlier this month against Priya Saxena be reversed. Those included revoking her F-1 student visa and reinstating her student status in a federal database that monitors foreign exchange students in the United States.

“Defendants are also temporarily enjoined from interfering with Saxena’s freedom and from transferring Saxena out of the jurisdiction of the District of South Dakota during these proceedings,” Schreier ordered.

S.D. Mines student sues Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem after visa revoked

S.D. Mines student sues Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem after visa revoked

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