ACLU files lawsuit for WVU student who had visa revoked

ACLU files lawsuit for WVU student who had visa revoked

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — A day after a judge issued an order allowing a Marshall University student from India to remain in the country after his visa was revoked, another lawsuit has been filed for a West Virginia University student who suffered a similar fate. On Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia (ACLU-WV) filed a lawsuit on behalf of Sajawal Ali Sohail, a 25-year-old computer science major from Pakistan who is st…

ACLU-WV sues over WVU student’s revoked visa • West Virginia Watch

Hodges Hall, home of the Department of World Languages, Literatures & Linguistics at West Virginia University in Morgantown, W.Va. (Aidan Cornue | West Virginia Watch)The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of a West Virginia University student whose visa the Trump administration revoked.  The ACLU-WV filed the suit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. The complaint nam…

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ACLU-WV files suit on behalf of WVU student whose F-1 legal status was revoked

West Virginia (WOAY)- The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia (ACLU-WV) is stepping in to help a West Virginia University student who may be deported just weeks before completing his degree. Sajawal Ali Sohail, a 25-year-old computer science student from Pakistan, was recently notified by email that his student visa had been terminated and revoked. The reason given for the termination is that his name appeared in a criminal database …