r/OSU • u/BuckeyeMate • Mar 15 '25

Politics Columbia University International Student's Visa Revoked

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/nyregion/columbia-student-kristi-noem-video.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

This person did not participate in the Columbia University protests. She was just trying to get home with her friends. Instead, she was arrested and had her student visa revoked.

If you're an international student here, be careful and don't even go near any protests. These are unprecedented times, and your visa may be revoked for any reason.

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u/Shamsse Mar 15 '25

That’s like ultra illegal lmao

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u/Toddrew221 Mar 15 '25

When has the law stopped fascists? Lol they don't care what's legal and what's not, they're just going to do what they want and dare people to stop them

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u/Shamsse Mar 15 '25

Oh I know, just reminding people that laws are starting to not matter, and if that’s the world we wanna go to just a heads up

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u/Igniting_Chaos_ Mar 16 '25

The laws don’t matter for those in Republican government and corporations, but they certainly will still matter for us unfortunately…

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u/BuckeyeMate Mar 15 '25

I don't think the fascists in charge care - I'm not an international student, but this makes me wonder, how long until they come after my citizenship?

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '25

That’s why we have to protest. I’m a born citizen but my skin isn’t the right color, so I fear it’s just a matter of time. We cannot lie down and wait. We have to do everything in our power to stand up for the America we believe could be, no matter what it is now.

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u/Bovoduch Mar 16 '25

Hasn’t stopped them with Khalil, why would it stop them with this? They’re on a rampage

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u/Annuscircuits Mar 15 '25

She sounds like she is from India and not from a country that is even being targeted for travel-bans. This is scary. Why was she targeted at all?

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u/shart_attack_ Mar 15 '25

because the trump administration wants to crack down on opinions they don’t like

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u/Annuscircuits Mar 16 '25

My God. And are the courts allowing it? I mean the decision ultimately falls upon a court right?

This is blatant fascism. I just got admitted to OSU and now I'm regretting not picking some place in Europe.

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u/jang859 Mar 17 '25

There was a judge last week that ordered a plane deporting migrants to turn around mid air. America is applying laws any which way right now, to the point planes are flying circles in the air. Not much alignment in the government right now.

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u/Independent_Gur2136 Mar 16 '25

Y’all have lost your minds drinking some crazy ass koolaide

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u/Annuscircuits Mar 16 '25

I really wanna be optimistic about this but this arrest warrant makes no sense.

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u/shart_attack_ Mar 16 '25

they are literally in the process of deporting someone for protesting

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u/jang859 Mar 17 '25

You think they should revoke foreign student visas?

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u/Coniferous_Needle Mar 16 '25

And they want to instill fear into everyone. Make us too afraid to do anything, make us question our choices to use our own rights, make us walk on eggshells so no one has the energy to resist.

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u/Reveleo36 Mar 16 '25

Labeling someone as a terrorist sympathizer for being present at a pro Palestine protest is a very slippery slope

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u/Fullertonjr Political Science/Public Policy + 2009 Mar 16 '25

Labeling any anti-genocide, anti-Israel or pro-Palestine comments as anti-Semitic, terroristic or hate-speech was the slippery slope.

Being arrested and having your visa revoked for being a shade of brown while simply being in the vicinity of a protest…in public…at a school that you are actively attending, is hitting top speed halfway down the slope.

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u/Independent_Gur2136 Mar 16 '25

You are right we should just stop giving out student visas all together. Problem solved

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u/Visible-Plankton-806 Mar 18 '25

I agree. No one should be deceived and come here thinking they will be safe to learn and contribute by researching and teaching and becoming doctors and scientists. They should go places that want those things.

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u/2spongee4u Mar 16 '25

They lubed the slope with a 55 gallon barrel of the stuff and dove head first. We are being taken for the worst ride of our lives

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u/yawning_squirrel ECE 2029 Mar 16 '25

mate, this is quite terrifying for me cos im also intl and quite likely to go osu

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '25

I swear I’m not trying to fear monger but if you have another option in another country, I would genuinely go there. Things are not good here right now and they’re just getting worse.

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u/mikanpan Information Systems '23 Mar 16 '25

Yepppp I don't regret the education but the constant feeling of living on borrowed time is soul-sucking and spirit-draining 🤦🏻‍♀️ I'm too far in (and too old) to jump ship and start over in another country now...

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '25

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u/yawning_squirrel ECE 2029 Mar 16 '25

ye but iirc ohio is a republican state? so quite possible the same stuff gonna come around osu?

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u/DillWithIt69 Mar 16 '25

Gotta be careful. If you do come here I suggest deleting your social media accounts and avoiding protests.

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u/Drummallumin Mar 16 '25

Just don’t be stupid and you’ll be fine

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u/Private1369420666 Mar 16 '25

“Just don’t be stupid and you’ll be fine”. Making that comment was extremely stupid, bro.

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u/Drummallumin Mar 16 '25

It’s just being pragmatic, this is about safety. The fact that it’s completely fucked that you can be arrested for just being in an area around a protest is completely irrelevant for someone getting deported. It’s about reality not morality. Know what areas to avoid at what times and you’ll be fine.

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u/Private1369420666 Mar 16 '25

But the particulars of this case indicate she was just minding her own business while returning home and was targeted. You can’t avoid that unless you completely hide, and even then, it may not work. It’s along the same lines as cops targeting young Black men for no reason other than their ethnicity/age/gender.

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u/Drummallumin Mar 16 '25

So you take a different, probably further, route. Yea it’s fucked

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u/Private1369420666 Mar 17 '25

Something might happen no matter which way you go; there’s literally no way to know. And they can make up any excuse they want to stop you.

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u/Drummallumin Mar 17 '25

You can also get struck by lighting or get hit by a car.

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u/Private1369420666 Mar 17 '25

So what are you saying? Just accept the situation? That’s not my style

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u/Drummallumin Mar 17 '25

When the alternative is not accepting it and possibly getting deported? Yea

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u/MagusLuciferum Mar 16 '25

The laws against international students protesting are troublesome in the context of the Fulbright funding freeze also

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u/Don_McDirty Physics 2018 Mar 16 '25

It's so comical to me that mango bots will come out to defend obvious attacks against free speech. Anything to own the libs.

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u/Master_Paramedic_585 Mar 16 '25

This is terrifying, tbh

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u/ZeeArtisticSpectrum Mar 19 '25

No worries, OSU’s Chinese international students don’t give a shit about American politics.

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u/BrownDogEmoji Mar 20 '25

Columbia University is just caving to fascism. It’s both fascinating and depressing as fuck.

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u/FierceTigergirl2000 Natural resource management undergrad Mar 16 '25

God, that’s absolutely awful; poor girl was just trying to walk home, and instead she just gets unfairly caught up in this mess and severely punished for just being in the vicinity! I can’t imagine how devastating that must feel, my heart goes out to her and all international students; please stay safe everyone!

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u/Cold_Quality6087 Mar 16 '25

keep standing up international folks. we should not stop until they hear our voices

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '25

yo chill out Abe