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WRAL (and a few other Raleigh area news outlets) is pretty mad about this, but, does absolutely no investigation to see if this was warrented

Two NC State students have student visas terminated, head back to Saudi Arabia

There are more than 6,000 international students at NC State from 120 different countries, many of them on visas, however two students had their lives turned upside down last week, and were forced to rush to get a flight back home, thousands of miles away.

6k out of a total of 38K students? Why couldn’t most of those spots go to North Carolinians? Oh, right, money. Out of state tuition.

“My roommate came out of his room with a shocked distraught look on his face,” said NC State Senior Philip Vasto.

Then Vasto said his roommate started to panic.

“He just got of the phone with the school and the school told him the state department revoked his visa but didn’t provide a reason whatsoever,” Vasto said.

Saleh Al Gurad packed up in a day, and flew back to Saudi Arabia at the advice of his family, and attorneys. He just got to the U.S. and started studying at NC state 5 months ago.

“If he remained here he could be subject to detainment by ICE,” Vasto said.

I’m not finding any social media for him, but, I suspect he was involved in one of the pro-Hamas protests that occurred in Raleigh where they were, at a minimum, yapping about “from the river to the sea”, a call to destroy Israel and kill Jews. Or broke laws

Several statements have been made following the announcement of the two students having their student visa revoked including NC State’s Muslim Students Association.

In the statement posted on Instagram, the organization pointed out the two students were both studying international engineering.

“We are deeply saddened and outraged by the recent forced departure of two NC State students whose student visas were unjustly terminated,” the statement read in part.

Yes, this is the same MSA which is essentially a Muslim Brotherhood front group, designed to push the hardcore Islamist view without the violence, getting people to comply.

Congresswoman Deborah Ross also released a statement following the two students having their visas revoked in a post on X.

“With no explanation, the Trump admin revoked the visas of 2 NC State students & hundreds of other students around the country. Immigration enforcement actions should be focused on criminals – not young people with visas who are trying to get an education.”

Of course she did. Still no comment on several instances of her supporters vandalizing Teslas in the Triangle.

The State Dept gave this statement

Due to privacy considerations, and visa confidentiality, we generally will not comment on Department actions with respect to specific cases. The United States has zero tolerance for non-citizens who violate U.S. laws. Those who break the law, including students, may face visa refusal, visa revocation, and/or deportation. The Department of State will continue to work closely with the Department of Homeland Security to administer and enforce U.S. visas and immigration laws. Every prospective traveler to the United States undergoes extensive interagency security vetting. All visa applicants, no matter the visa type and where they are located, are continuously vetted. Security vetting runs from the time of each application, through adjudication of the visa, and afterwards during the validity period of every issued visa, to ensure the individual remains eligible to travel to the United States.

So, they either were involved with the protests or they broke laws. And breaking laws ends with a revoked visa.

(Raleigh N&O) Juliette Majid, a doctoral student in chemistry and a member of the NC State chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, told The News & Observer she was not aware of either student being involved with the organization, which has been active in organizing pro-Palestinian protests. Still, the group is concerned about two fellow university students having their visas revoked.

Just because they weren’t directly involved didn’t mean they didn’t participate in calling for death protests. Or, breaking laws. But, hey, perhaps the State Dept should look at Majid and the other members.