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Students walk past Montana Hall on the first day of classes in August. Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. If you value these stories, please consider subscribing. MISSOULA — The U.S. government already fixed the problem over which a couple of Montana State University international students sued, so a federal judge should toss the lawsuit the students filed against it in fear of deportation, argued... Attorney’s Office in federal court Tuesday.

But a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union of Montana said without a court order, the students remain in a precarious position, worried about future deportation and subject to yet another policy change... Here for your decisions, there for accountability, everywhere for your neighbors.If this reporting helps you, give today to keep it free to read and easy to share for all. Stay up-to-date on the latest breaking news. Get MTFP's in-depth, independent reporting sent directly to your inbox. The ACLU of Montana filed a lawsuit Monday against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on behalf of two Montana State University students whose international visas were revoked last week, asking a federal judge to immediately suspend the department’s actions.

As Montana Free Press reported April 11, MSU officials recently discovered during a mandatory routine check of international student records that the F-1 visas of three of its international students on the Bozeman campus... President Waded Cruzado informed the MSU community of the situation in a brief email, which did not include any information about the impacted students. MSU Vice President of Communications Tracy Ellig told MTFP Friday that the administration had had no other contact with the federal government regarding the revocations. “We’ve reached out to all our international students to let them know that the staff at the MSU Office of International Programs can meet with them face-to-face to discuss any concerns they might have,”... “They are valued members of our community, and we will provide what assistance we can.” MISSOULA — A federal case, Roe v.

Noem, involving the abrupt termination of two Montana State University graduate students' F-1 immigration status is being deliberated on in Missoula. The lawsuit was filed in mid-April after the ACLU filed on behalf of MSU students whose F-1 student status was revoked. Judge Dana Christensen presided over the defense's motion to dismiss hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 2. Watch to learn more about the lawsuit being heard in Missoula: The defense stated that the federal government "ran into a buzzsaw" of lawsuits after the March 2025 Student Criminal Alien Initiative (SCAI) began.

Montana State University has let us know that the Homeland Security Department is revoking the visas of three international students. Both students in the lawsuit have been working towards their degrees, with one pursuing a Ph.D. in electrical engineering/physics for six years and the other working on a master's degree in microbiology for three and a half years, according to a release from the ACLU. BOZEMAN, Mont. – Montana State University announced that the Department of Homeland Security is revoking the visas of three international students. In a letter from MSU President Wadad Cruzado, it was emphasized that specific student details are protected by federal laws and campus policies.

The revocation is part of a broader action by the Trump administration, which has canceled the visas of at least 529 students, faculty, and researchers across 88 colleges and universities as of Friday, according... Cruzado assured that MSU will adhere to all applicable laws and maintain a duty of care for its students. The situation highlights ongoing challenges for international students in the U.S. and the implications of federal policies on educational institutions. ACLU of Montana CommunicationsMedia@aclumontana.org (Gallatin County, Mont.) -- Today the ACLU of Montana filed a complaint along with a request for a temporary restraining order/preliminary injunction in federal court on behalf of two Montana State University graduate students...

Despite no criminal convictions nor immigration violations and having never participated in any protest in the United States or elsewhere, these students were told that due to the termination of their student status, they... The action against these students comes against the backdrop of federal immigration officials undertaking unprecedented nation-wide actions rescinding the legal status of hundreds of international students. Sadly, this federal immigration crackdown has now arrived in Montana. These students are lawfully present in the United States pursuant to F-1 visas, which permit them to study at universities across the country. The Trump administration’s sudden revocation, without any notice or stated explanation, of student visas and status at universities across the country, including our clients here in Montana is appalling and the latest in a... The Montana State University campus in Bozeman.

(Wikipedia Creative Commons) The federal government responded last week to an ACLU lawsuit defending two international students at Montana State University whose visas were recently terminated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, filing a legal motion that provided the government’s first clear explanation of its actions. In a response entered April 21 with the U.S. District Court in Butte, federal attorneys challenged the ACLU of Montana’s assertion that neither student has faced a criminal conviction in this country. Though the ACLU has endeavored to protect the identities of the plaintiffs, identifying them only as John Roe and Jane Doe, the government’s filing stated that a check of their information against criminal records...

Roe, the response claimed, was arrested by the Bozeman Police Department for theft, while Doe was arrested by MSU police for partner or family member assault. The filing offered no additional details about the alleged arrests or their outcomes. Federal lawyers in Montana, led by U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme, also argued that the deletion of the students’ accounts in the Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) did not itself constitute a revocation of their F-1 visas, and insisted that they... The attorneys requested U.S. District Court Judge Dana Christensen rescind the temporary restraining order he granted, along with a preliminary injunction, on April 15.

That order blocked the federal government from revoking the visas and from arresting, detaining or deporting the students. “Besides the alleged SEVIS account termination, plaintiffs neither allege nor establish that [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] has instituted any other action to revoke their F-1 statuses or remove them from the United States, which could only occur after ICE instituted removal proceedings and plaintiffs were given... “Once plaintiffs’ SEVIS terminations are correctly disentangled from their F-1 statuses, the entire basis for emergency relief disintegrates.” Here for your decisions, there for accountability, everywhere for your neighbors.If this reporting helps you, give today to keep it free to read and easy to share for all. Stay up-to-date on the latest breaking news.

Get MTFP's in-depth, independent reporting sent directly to your inbox. The federal government responded this week to an ACLU lawsuit defending two international students at Montana State University whose visas were recently terminated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, filing a legal motion that provided the government’s first clear explanation of its actions. In a response entered April 21 with the U.S. District Court in Butte, federal attorneys challenged the ACLU of Montana’s assertion that neither student has faced a criminal conviction in this country. Though the ACLU has endeavored to protect the identities of the plaintiffs, identifying them only as John Roe and Jane Doe, the government’s filing stated that a check of their information against criminal records...

Roe, the response claimed, was arrested by the Bozeman Police Department for theft, while Doe was arrested by MSU police for partner or family member assault. The filing offered no additional details about the alleged arrests or their outcomes. Federal lawyers in Montana, led by U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme, also argued that the deletion of the students’ accounts in the Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) did not itself constitute a revocation of their F-1 visas, and insisted that they... The attorneys requested U.S. District Court Judge Dana Christensen rescind the temporary restraining order he granted, along with a preliminary injunction, on April 15.

That order blocked the federal government from revoking the visas and from arresting, detaining or deporting the students.

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