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Feds are revoking student visas without notifying colleges

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It is unclear how many visas have been revoked or whether the targeted people were all notified that they must now leave the country, college officials say.

The actions appear to be “arbitrary, unpredictable, unresolvable,” an American Council on Education official says.

At most schools, officials are reporting fewer than a dozen students affected.

15 national higher education associations have asked to meet with officials from State and Homeland Security .

ACE sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem .

More than a million international students attend colleges in the U.S. every year , contributing nearly $44 billion to the national economy.