Visa revoked for Ranjani Srinivasan over Hamas advocacy

Ranjani Srinivasan, an Indian scholar at Columbia University, self-deported after the Trump administration revoked her visa. The revocation was linked to allegations of her advocating for Hamas during pro-Palestinian protests. The Department of Homeland Security released video footage of Srinivasan at LaGuardia Airport as she left the U.S. on March 11. The State Department stated her visa was revoked for "advocating for violence and terrorism." In related developments, federal authorities arrested Leqaa Kordia in Newark for overstaying her visa. Columbia University denied any record of Kordia as a student, amid ongoing scrutiny from the Trump administration regarding protests on campus.