There are apparently hundreds of student visas being suddenly revoked all at once today

• Colleges around the US say some international students’ visas are being revoked (archived)

Colleges around the country are reporting some of their international students’ visas are being revoked unexpectedly, expressing alarm over what appears to be a new level of government scrutiny.

Visas can be canceled for a number of reasons, but college leaders say the government has been quietly terminating students’ legal residency status with little notice to students or schools. That marks a shift from past practice and leaves students vulnerable to detention and deportation.

The list of colleges that have discovered students have had their legal status terminated includes Harvard, Stanford, Michigan, UCLA and Ohio State University.

• Visas revoked from several Johns Hopkins University students in Maryland, school says (archived

• U.S. government revokes visas of three international Duke University students, alumnus (archived)

• Several University of Wisconsin-Madison students, alumni have visas terminated by US government (archived)

For what it’s worth, they’re doing this shock and awe bullshit to try to terrify us all into obedience. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be terrified, but if this seems overwhelming just remember it’s because they want it to feel that way.