The Trump administration has revoked the visas of at least 10 international students attending college in Colorado, according to two impacted universities.
Six students at Colorado State University and four students at the University of Colorado — on CU’s Boulder and Colorado Springs campuses — have had their international student visas revoked, according to statements from each school.
Neither university has identified the students who lost their visas, said what countries they are from, or revealed whether federal officials provided any explanation. The visa revocations come as the Trump administration has cracked down on international students who expressed views opposing Israel’s war on Gaza.
The CU system — the state’s flagship, four-campus university — issued a statement Tuesday saying F-1 visas issued to four international students on two campuses have been revoked by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. F-1 visas allow people to enter the United States as full-time students
The revocations began last week and none of the CU students have been detained at this point, university spokeswoman Michele Ames said Wednesday morning.
CU is not releasing any information about the students’ “specific circumstances” in order to protect their privacy, the university said. A notice on CU’s International Student and Scholar Services page said in-person advising for international students was canceled Wednesday.
“At CU we are focused on supporting the success of all of our students, including international students,” the university’s statement said. “Each one of our students are seeking to advance their careers and the lives of their families, and we understand the anxieties that visa revocations cause to impacted students. We urge any international student with questions or concerns to reach out to their campus’ international student office.”
Six international students at CSU have had their visas revoked, the Fort Collins university confirmed. Additional details about the situation were not being shared for privacy reasons, CSU said.
A university communication posted over the weekend said “some CSU international students have been impacted by visa revocations and SEVIS terminations issued by the U.S. Department of State.” SEVIS, the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, is the web-based system that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security uses to track student visa information.
CSU urged impacted students to immediately contact the embassy of their home country, the CSU Office of International Programs at 970-491-5917 or isss@colostate.edu.
“Our international community is an integral part of Colorado State University, enriching our campus in countless ways,” the university said. “Please know that CSU deeply values our international student population and is committed to supporting you to the best of our abilities.
“As we navigate this fluid situation, the Office of International Programs is available to provide support to our international students and scholars, and we will do our best to answer questions and advise you appropriately during these uncertain times.”
The University of Denver said Wednesday there has been no ICE activity on its campus and DU has not received any unusual student-information requests from immigration officials.
Metropolitan State University of Denver said that, as of Wednesday, no MSU Denver student F-1 visas had been revoked.
The University of Northern Colorado said it does not provide visa information to protect student privacy.
Last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. State Department revoked 300 or more visas as the Trump administration largely targets foreign-born students who have protested against Israel’s war on Gaza.
Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, in an attack that killed 1,200 people and during which about 250 hostages were seized. Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed more than 50,000 people, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, and destroyed much of the enclave.
Nationally, students linked to pro-Palestinian activism have been taken to detention centers by masked immigration officers with little information about why are being held.
“We gave you a visa to come and study and get a degree, not to become a social activist, to tear up our university campuses,” Rubio told reporters last week.
It’s not yet clear whether any Colorado students have been detained by immigration officers or what their visa revocation could mean for them.
Colorado’s most high-profile collegiate activism against the war in Gaza came last year when students set up a long-term encampment on the Auraria Campus in downtown Denver. So far, no students at Auraria — home to MSU Denver, CU Denver and the Community College of Denver — are known to have had their visas revoked.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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