The federal government has revoked the student visas of five international members of the Rice University community – three current students and two recent graduates, according to the institution. University President Reginald DesRoches confirmed the revocations in a candid letter to students,

The Trump administration argues some international students have improperly participated in pro-Palestinian protests.

The number of international students studying at Wisconsin universities who have had their visas terminated by the Trump administration is growing. The termination of the students' records in the government's Student and Exchange Visitor Program database means they have lost their legal status in the U.

"We are deeply troubled by the escalation of immigration enforcement activity toward our international students."

We are not aware of the details of the revocations or the reasons for them, but we understand these actions continue to take place at other institutions across the country," Harvard said in a post Thursday.

EVERY TIME I find one of these lunatics I take away their visa.” That is how Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, last month described the Trump administration’s push to deport foreign university students who had participated in campus activism.

The visa terminations mean the students must immediately leave the U.S., scrambling their plans to earn college degrese.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has revoked the visas of at least 17 college students and alumni in Georgia.

Students attending schools across the state, from Weatherford to Stillwater, are finding out that their visas have been revoked.