Has the U.S. revoked visas for UW or WSU students?

Washington universities are on edge with this month's news of federal agents detaining students with green cards, and the U.S. revoking visas, of protesters who criticized Israel's war in Gaza.

Kim Lovaas, University of Washington’s director of international student services, wrote in a blog post Monday that she knows recent news stories "can be alarming," but she said in an email to advisers that "no Seattle campus F1 or J1 student immigration records have been terminated by the U.S. government."

The situation is similar at Washington State University, vice president of international programs Paul Whitney confirmed.

Last week, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he terminated over 300 visas of students who "lead activist movements that are disruptive." The State Department didn’t respond to a request for a list of canceled visas.

At a recent protest of Israeli strikes in Gaza on University of Washington’s campus, Taylor Young said she personally knew several visa holders attending, but none wanted to speak on the record with KUOW.

"They will not be deterred from showing up to protest this outrageous assault on basic democratic freedom," Young said.

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