CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A final agreement has been reached on behalf of a Marshall University student whose legal status in the United States was unlawfully terminated earlier this year by the Trump administration.
“This status removal should never have occurred in the first place,” ACLU-WV Legal Director Aubrey Sparks said. “There are specific reasons under the law for which an administration may revoke a student’s ability to study in this country, and none of those reasons were present in this case. This was clearly just another example of the Trump administration’s animosity for all immigrants. We are relieved for our client that he can put this matter behind him.”
Under the agreement, the administration is reversing the actions it took against the student and will not repeat them. The student has asked to be identified in media reports by his initials, S.V.
In April, the Trump administration began restoring the status of thousands of international students, including ACLU-WV’s clients at Marshall and WVU, who had been unlawfully targeted. The move came after the administration was taken to court for these removals and lost again and again.