Federal authorities have revoked visas for six more current and former Kent State students.
Earlier this month, President Todd Diacon said in a university-wide email that a student and three graduates had their visas revoked. That number is now at 10.
A university spokesperson said the latest round affects three current international students and seven recent graduates with optional practical training, a temporary work permit available to international students.
Their identities, next steps and whereabouts are unclear. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Detroit field office, which oversees Northeast Ohio, did not respond to previous requests for comment.
The action comes just under a week after it was revealed the Portage County Sheriff’s Office signed an agreement with ICE to enforce federal immigration law in the county. It is not clear if the office has been involved in processing any of the students.
The university did not have more information at this time.
Alton Northup is news director. Contact him at [email protected].
Dianne Reynolds • Apr 18, 2025 at 6:04 pm
This is clearly unfair. They were here legally to further their education not as criminals doing anything illegal. They might have stayed here to become professors, scientists, etc. to the benefit of our country. Will other countries now start sending our students back for no just cause? Or refusing them summer internships? What’s the next step… throwing them in jail? We are not Russia. This has gone too far and MUST STOP before we forfeit the last of our humanity.