CNN - The Trump administration ordered international students to be effectively designated as criminals without checking if the information was true, court records reviewed by CNN show, along with new information that was revealed by a government official at a court hearing Tuesday.
Thousands of visa holders had their records changed in databases, leading to them being barred from classes and work, disenrolled from universities and even being advised to leave the country, when they were fully in compliance with immigration rules, lawyers have said, and court records show.
The common thread for dozens of students mentioned in federal court cases reviewed by CNN is that at some point they had contact with law enforcement. The cases were all minor – going 10 mph over a speed limit, underage drinking on spring break or shoplifting – certainly not of the severity to justify losing their status under the Code of Federal Regulations, which specifies someone can lose a right to stay for “a crime of violence for which a sentence of more than one year imprisonment may be imposed.”
Indeed, many never made it to court, were dismissed or the accused were found not guilty. With no proven wrongdoing, the students’ records were clear – records were even sealed, but they still existed in the massive government repositories of data where they appear to have been accessed by Trump administration officials.
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