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Students call for immediate UC emergency protocol after mass visa revocations; President says most SEVIS records were restored

3724124 · May 27, 2025
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Students and student leaders criticized UC's response to a recent mass revocation of international student visas and urged the Regents to adopt a UC‑wide emergency action protocol; President Drake said the majority of revoked SEVIS records were restored and the university provided legal and financial support to affected students.

Student leaders told the Regents the university's response to the abrupt federal revocation of some student visas was delayed and inadequate, and they asked the Regents to establish a UC‑wide emergency protocol for international and undocumented students.

Kieran Youn, director of academic advocacy for the UCLA international student representative, said the UC response "was shamefully…

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