A federal court in New Hampshire temporarily restored the F-1 status of a Dartmouth College doctoral student whose record was terminated by the Department of Homeland Security without notice.
Xiaotian Liu’s status was removed from a Student and Exchange Visitor database this month, jeopardizing his ability to complete a PhD in computer science.
In an emergency hearing Wednesday, Judge Samantha D. Elliott of the US District Court for the District of New Hampshire granted a temporary restraining order preserving Xiaotian’s status.
His lawsuit was one of several filed in district courts over the past week challenging the removal of student ...