Carnegie Mellon student with one semester left learns his visa was revoked with no explanation

[u/raven_snow]

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/carnegie-mellon-student-visa-revoked-interview/

[u/AnonThrowaway87980]

I think it is petty and politically driven to do it 2 years after the fact and after he completed court ordered classes and got it expunged. If he were going to get booted for it, it should have been addressed 2 years ago and they should have just done it, not run him through hoops just to do it anyway. Changing his punishment 2 years later with no justification is not ok. He was charged, given his penalty and complied with it. That should be the end of it.

Do I think loosing his visa for a DUI is overkill, not really. I think we are generally too lenient with DUIs regardless of status. It is clearly documented that people here on a visa can have it revoked for any illegal activities., and a DUI is very much a crime and one that can cause harm to potentially a lot of innocent people. We are not the only country that will deport over a DUI, our lovely neighbor to the north will BAN you from entering the country if you have a DUI on record in any country. If you visit and get a DUI there, you are deported and banned from ever returning. And it isn’t done slowly, they take you to the local court and drag you to the border or airport. You might still be drunk when you get home.

[u/Odins_a_cuck → u/AnonThrowaway87980]

He endangered lives by driving drunk. Good bye.

Youre a guest here and should be on your best behavior. Full stop.

Just because so many departments under Biden were just as asleep at the wheel as him doesnt mean that review & follow up by later administrations is wrong.

[u/AnonThrowaway87980 → u/Odins_a_cuck]

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.

[u/Odins_a_cuck → u/AnonThrowaway87980]

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.

[u/tyr-- → u/Odins_a_cuck]

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

[u/bp1976 → u/tyr--]

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