Fact Sheet on Detention of Student Visa Holders

Raha Jorjana (UC Davis) put together an fact sheet about DHS detention of student visa holders (F-1s).  Talking about the detention of student visa holders is usually a powerful way to talk about the injustice of the US detention system because many people can identify with being students and registering late, having to work to pay for school, dropping classes, or dropping grades – all things that can get a student visitor with no criminal convictions and who has never been to jail, detained in the United States.

As an immigration attorney In Arizona before coming to UC Davis, Jorjana saw increased cooperation between ICE and local universities. Universities would contactg ICE to report students, which would frequently result in the student being placed in detention.

Download detention_of_student_visa_holders_fact_sheet_2008_pdf_final.pdf

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