US judge halts deportation of Indian student ahead of graduation

An Indian student has won against the Trump administration’s visa termination order in the USA. A federal judge has temporarily halted the Trump administration’s broad push to cancel international student visas by prohibiting the agency from acting against an Indian engineering student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as per reports.

Krish Lal Isserdasani, 21, was reporetedly slated to receive his bachelor’s degree in computer engineering in early May, but the April 15 injunction stops the Department of Homeland Security from canceling the student visa or holding him in custody.

The court found a ‘reasonable likelihood’ that the termination was wrongful. A hearing is scheduled for 28 April, as per reports.

Federal District Judge William Conley temporarily blocked federal immigration authorities from cancelling Isserdasani’s F-1 student visa in a ruling issued Tuesday, reported local media.

The judge reportedly held that the student was not given warning and no opportunity to explain or defend himself, and no chance to correct any potential misunderstanding before his F-1 student visa record was terminated in SEVIS.

The temporary restraining order has halted the deportation of Isserdasani.