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160525
Sat, 02/12/2011 - 13:29
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Indian students of California-based TVU students should be 'absorbed' in US universities
New York (PTI) - India on Saturday said that the
Indian students of California-based Tri Valley University,
which has been shut down on charges of massive visa fraud,
should be absorbed into other US universities and not
victimised.
"The student who came in good faith, they should not be
victimized," Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told
reporters here.
"It is necessary they should be absorbed into other
universities in the United States and allowed to pursue their
studies," he said.
According to a federal complaint filed in a California
court in January, the University helped foreign nationals
illegally acquire immigration status. The university is said
to have 1,555 students. As many as 95 per cent of these
students are Indian nationals, the complaint said.
Investigations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) have found that while students were admitted to various
residential and on-line courses of the university and on paper
lived in California, but in reality they "illegally" worked in
various parts of the country as far as Maryland, Virginia,
Pennsylvania and Texas.
Krishna underlined that the students came on valid
visas and were "cheated by dubious promises made by education
providers" and he called on the US government "to bring to
justice the bogus institutions."
ICE has called it as a "Sham University", a charge
denied by the University.
According to available information, 18 students in
California were radio-tagged by ICE as part of their
investigation against Tri Valley University.
Ankle monitors send a radio frequency signal
containing location and other information to a receiver.
US immigration authorities have removed radio tags
from the ankles of two Indian students.
Krishna, who has previously called the tagging as
"inhuman", said that he had expressed his "resentment" against
the practice.
Later on Saturday, Indian ambassador to the US Meera
Shankar and Consul General at the Indian Consulate San
Francisco Susmita Gongulee Thomas will meet the minister and
are expected to brief him on the matter before he leaves New
York.
Indian students of California-based Tri Valley University,
which has been shut down on charges of massive visa fraud,
should be absorbed into other US universities and not
victimised.
"The student who came in good faith, they should not be
victimized," Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told
reporters here.
"It is necessary they should be absorbed into other
universities in the United States and allowed to pursue their
studies," he said.
According to a federal complaint filed in a California
court in January, the University helped foreign nationals
illegally acquire immigration status. The university is said
to have 1,555 students. As many as 95 per cent of these
students are Indian nationals, the complaint said.
Investigations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) have found that while students were admitted to various
residential and on-line courses of the university and on paper
lived in California, but in reality they "illegally" worked in
various parts of the country as far as Maryland, Virginia,
Pennsylvania and Texas.
Krishna underlined that the students came on valid
visas and were "cheated by dubious promises made by education
providers" and he called on the US government "to bring to
justice the bogus institutions."
ICE has called it as a "Sham University", a charge
denied by the University.
According to available information, 18 students in
California were radio-tagged by ICE as part of their
investigation against Tri Valley University.
Ankle monitors send a radio frequency signal
containing location and other information to a receiver.
US immigration authorities have removed radio tags
from the ankles of two Indian students.
Krishna, who has previously called the tagging as
"inhuman", said that he had expressed his "resentment" against
the practice.
Later on Saturday, Indian ambassador to the US Meera
Shankar and Consul General at the Indian Consulate San
Francisco Susmita Gongulee Thomas will meet the minister and
are expected to brief him on the matter before he leaves New
York.
