More than 200 international students affected by the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown are suing the US State Department to have their visas reinstated, court documents reviewed by The Hill show. While federal judges across dozens of cases forced the government to restore students’ records in the Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), many continue to face visa denials that prevent international travel. Some students who left the US after their visas were revoked have had to reapply, only to be denied, effectively barring them from returning despite being legally allowed to study in the country. Immigration attorneys representing 217 students have filed two separate federal lawsuits in recent months challenging visa terminations by Secretary of State Marco Rub

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