UT-Rio Grande Valley students caught in nationwide sweep sue Homeland Security over immigration status

Four University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley are suing the Department of Homeland Security after they say their legal immigration status was unlawfully terminated based on minor criminal cases that have already been resolved. (Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune)

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Four international students at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley are suing the Department of Homeland Security, alleging its recent steps to terminate their legal immigration status based on minor criminal cases that have already been resolved are unlawful and designed to coerce them into leaving the country voluntarily.