NN: Student visa revocations update
--- LIVE INTRO A DOCTORAL STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA ... ONE OF THE PALESTINIAN SUPPORTERS NOW IN FEDERAL CUSTODY.. VO IN CHI BIT: SHAFER PRO PALESTINE CRACKDOWN-VO ALABAMA STUDENT THE UNIVERSITY'S STUDENT NEWSPAPER SAID.. ALIREZA DOROUDI.. FROM IRAN.. IS IN THE U-S ON A STUDENT VISA... STUDYING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. HE WAS DETAINED THIS WEEK.. THOUGH IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT.. IF ANY CHARGES HE'S FACING. VO IN CHI BIT: SHAFER PRO PALESTINE CRACKDOWN-VO TUFTS DETAINMENT BUT THIS MORNING — THE TRUMP ADMINSTRATION DEFENDING THE DEPORTATIONS AND DETAINMENTS.. LIKE THIS ONE OF A 30-YEAR-OLD FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY. ICE AGENTS IN MASSACHUSSETTS APPROACHED AND ARRESTED HER ON HER WAY TO MEET FRIENDS THIS WEEK. A HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIAL SAID AN INVESTIGATION FOUND SHE'D ENGAGED IN ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF HAMAS. HER VISA WAS REVOKED. HER FRIENDS DENY SHE'S DONE ANYTHING WRONG. VO IN CHI BIT: SHAFER PRO PALESTINE CRACKDOWN-VO RUBIO SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO.. ON THURSDAY.. DOUBLING DOWN ON THE EFFORTS TO REMOVE STUDENT VISAS. SOT IN CHI BIT: 5A BROOKE CAMPUS CRACKDOWN-SOT RUBIO Marco Rubio/ Secretary of State "I think it's crazy to invite students into your country that are coming onto your campus in destabilizing it. We're just not going to have it. So we'll revoke your visa and once your visa is revoked you're illegally in the country and you have to leave." VO IN CHI BIT: 7A BROOKE CAMPUS CRACKDOWN-VO PROTESTS SECRETARY RUBIO SAID THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS REVOKED THE VISAS OF AT LEAST 300 PEOPLE.. INCLUDING THOSE TWO STUDENTS THIS WEEK. AS THEY ASSERT THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATED IN PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS.. SUPPORTED HAMAS.. A DESIGNATED TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. SECRETARY RUBIO SAYS THEY EXPECT TO REVOKE MORE VISAS. LOOKLIVE TAG AS SOME IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS ARGUE.. THESE DETAINMENTS VIOLATE FREE SPEECH. BROOKE SHAFER NN.
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