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More than 130 students in US join federal lawsuit over revoked visas

Thousands of migrants have begun a reverse migration flow back to their home countries after US President Donald Trump changed the country's immigration policies.[AFP]

More than 130 international students across the United States have joined a federal lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully canceling their visas, jeopardizing their legal status in the country, court documents show.

The students allege the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency abruptly and illegally terminated their status in the government's Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) database, putting them at risk of arrest, detention and deportation.

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