Indian student self-deports after US revokes visa over Palestine protest
New Delhi : An Indian student studying at Columbia University in the United States has reportedly self-deported herself days after her visa was revoked by the US administration for participating in pro-Palestine protests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted a video of Ms Srinivasan at the airport and said that anyone "advocating for violence and terrorism should not be in the country".
"It is a privilege to be granted a visa to live and study in the United States of America. When you advocate for violence and terrorism, that privilege should be revoked, and you should not be in this country. I am glad to see one of the Columbia University terrorist sympathizers use the CBP Home app to self-deport," she said in a post on X.
Ms. Srinivasan was a doctoral student in urban planning at Columbia University, conducting research at the university's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, according to its website. An Indian national, she holds a Bachelor's degree from CEPT University in Ahmedabad and a Master's degree from Harvard, where she was a recipient of the Fulbright-Nehru and Inlaks Scholarships.
The website also states that she previously worked for an environmental advocacy nonprofit in Washington, focusing on "frontier communities at risk from climate change," and served as a researcher for the West Philadelphia Landscape Project (WPLP) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Additionally, Columbia University's website indicates that Ms. Srinivasan uses the gender-neutral pronoun "they."
