We shouldn’t just think of this as ‘the problem for international students’ or the problem for ‘those people’ who might not have paperwork or documentation,” Wu said.

After the high-profile detainment of Mahmoud Khalil -- a Columbia grad -- in March, higher education institutions across the U.S. are reporting student visa revocations.

California's academic community was rocked by the news that dozens of foreign students had their visas revoked, with the move apparently connected to their participation in campus protests.

On Friday, a university spokesperson described visa revocations as “extremely rare,” while student activists said they had raised more than $10,000 for the student’s legal aid fund. As it stands, the international student now has until the end of next week to leave the country or find a legal pathway to remain.

The Trump administration has until 11:59 p.m. Monday to return to the United States a Maryland man who the government admits was accidentally deported to a high-security prison in El Salvador.