Indian PhD Student At Columbia University Self Deports After Her Visa Gets Revoked

<p>An Indian national and doctoral scholar from Columbia University, Ranjani Srinivasa, self-deported using the CBP Home App on March 11 after her visa was revoked, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced.</p>
<p>Ranjani Srinivasan, a student of Urban Planning at the university, had entered the US on an F-1 student visa.</p>
<p>Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said in X post confirmed the student&rsquo;s self-deportation, adding that it was a privilege to study and live in the US. &ldquo;When you advocate for violence and terrorism, that privilege should be revoked, and you should not be in this country. I am glad to see one of the Columbia University terrorist sympathizers use the CBP Home App to self-deport.&rdquo;</p>
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<p dir=”ltr” lang=”en”>It is a privilege to be granted a visa to live &amp; study in the United States of America. <br /><br />When you advocate for violence and terrorism that privilege should be revoked and you should not be in this country. <br /><br />I&rsquo;m glad to see one of the Columbia University terrorist sympathizers&hellip; <a href=”https://t.co/jR2uVVKGCM”>pic.twitter.com/jR2uVVKGCM</a></p>
&mdash; Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) <a href=”https://twitter.com/Sec_Noem/status/1900562928849326488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
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<p>Srinivasan was seen in airport surveillance footage hurrying down a jetway along with her luggage. She left on Tuesday, according to India Today.</p>
<p>This comes as the US Justice Department has intensified its search on whether Columbia University concealed &ldquo;illegal aliens&rdquo; after the US President Donald Trump administration intensified its campaign to deport foreigners who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the school last year, according to the Associated Press.</p>
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<p>In a separate incident, a Palestinian woman, Leqaa Kordia, who was previously arrested during university protests last April, was detained by federal immigration authorities in Newark, New Jersey, for allegedly overstaying an expired visa.</p>
<p>Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, speaking at the Justice Department, said it was all part of the president&rsquo;s &ldquo;mission to end antisemitism in this country.&rdquo;</p>
<p>He said that the investigation is ongoing, and &ldquo;we are also looking at whether Columbia&rsquo;s handling of earlier incidents violated civil rights laws and included terrorism crimes.&rdquo;</p>
<p>The university, which was he site for a major student protest last year, has faced intense pressure from Trump&rsquo;s administration. It recently cancelled $400 million in federal grants and contracts, largely for medical research, a move in response to the university’s perceived insufficient action against students and faculty who criticised Israel&rsquo;s military actions in Gaza.</p>
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