Indian Student Visa: The Indian student, who is doing his PhD from Columbia University in the US, has returned to home, whose visa was allegedly canceled due to “advocating violence and terrorism” and being involved in Hamas -backed activities.
The Homeland Security Department said in a statement on Friday (March 14, 2025) that Indian citizen Ranjani Srinivasan had stepped into the US as a doctorate student in urban planning at Columbia University on F-1 student visa. The statement said that Ranjini was involved in the activities supporting terrorist organization Hamas and the Foreign Department canceled her visa on March 5. It has been told that the Homeland Security Department has received a video of Ranjani from March 11, in which it is seen using the customs and Border Security (CBP) smartphone app for self-dispensation.
‘The support of terrorism itself became deported’
Homeland Security Department Secretary Christie Nom said in a statement that “it is a privilege to get a visa to stay and study in the US.” He said, “When you advocate violence and terrorism, you should take away this privilege from you and you should not be allowed to live in this country. I was happy to see a student of Colombia University supporting terrorism using CBP home app for self-disdest. ”
‘If they do not do this, they will never be able to come to America’
The Homeland Security Department introduced the CBP Home App on March 10, on which the feature of providing information about self-disbursement is available. People living illegally in America can use this app to express their intention to leave the country. The Homeland Security Department said that the CBP app gives illegal migrants to “leave the country and self-disbursement, so that they can get a chance to legally return to America in future and realize their dreams. If they do not do this, we will find them, they will deport them and they will never come back to America. “
According to the department, officials of ICE HSI Newarark have arrested Laca Cordia, a resident of West Bank, a resident of West Bank, Leka Cordia, even after the F-1 visa period ended. According to the department, Leka’s visa was canceled on 26 January 2022 due to reduced attendance. He said that Leca was arrested in April 2024 for involvement in the protest protest at the Columbia University campus in New York.
The US Donald Trump administration had last week announced the immediate cancellation of the federal grant and contracts of about 40 million US dollars to Columbia University due to “the inactivity of the university for continuous harassment of Jewish students”.
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