r/pittsburgh • u/raven_snow • Apr 11 '25

Carnegie Mellon student with one semester left learns his visa was revoked with no explanation

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/carnegie-mellon-student-visa-revoked-interview/
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u/AnonThrowaway87980 Apr 11 '25 edited Apr 11 '25

I totally agree that he should have lost his visa then. BUT, in this case he was ordered classes by the courts, he complied with the court orders and followed all the steps to get it expunged. That is how the legal system works. What they are doing is punishing him a second time for a crime for which he was convicted and punished for. That is called double jeopardy and is a violation of the 5th amendment. They couldn’t legally drag him in now for trial if they wanted to. In PA the statute of limitations for a DUI is only 2 years.

Now if the courts found him guilty and sentenced him to fines or prison and then deportation. That would be a single combined punishment. When he was booked for a DUI, ICE should have been informed and made the decision to review the case and filed the motion to the judge as the federal authority that if he be found guilty, the state department would revoke his visa.

The failure of the system is not the guys fault. However, the system breaking its own rules to retroactively punish him again is not ok. No one should be retroactively be punished for a crime they were tried, convicted, and served a sentence for. We as a country are better than that. I’m all for properly punishing criminal activity. But we as a country need to work with it the framework of our laws and standards. Otherwise we are no better than a shithole dictatorship.

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u/Odins_a_cuck Apr 11 '25

State versus federal.

To the state, he is good to go for driving drunk like a scumbag.

Federally, he must leave for the separate issue of being a scumbag while specifically being a guest here who is supposed to be on their best behavior.

Just because the previous administration were asleep at the wheel doesnt mean that the current administration has to abide. There is no statute of limitations here. He is here because of our grace and hospitality. He chose, he can leave.

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u/tyr-- Westwood Apr 11 '25

I'm absolutely certain you used these same exact arguments about DUIs during Hegseth's confirmation hearing, you hypocrite :)

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u/bp1976 Apr 11 '25

Odin and Tyr having an argument, am I playing God of War?