The ACLU has filed another lawsuit after the federal government revoked the legal status of a West Virginia University student weeks before his scheduled graduation.
The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia filed the complaint April 24 on behalf of WVU student Sajawal Ali Sohail, a 25-year-old computer science major from Pakistan.
Less than a week ago, the ACLU-WV filed a similar suit on behalf of a Marshall University graduate student. On Wednesday, a federal judge issued a temporary injunction in that case.
Sohail received an email April 10 informing him his records with the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System had been terminated and his visa had been revoked because he appeared in a criminal database.
However, Sohail has never been convicted of a crime – he and his family were actually the victims of one.
In 2023, WVU police called Sohail in for questioning related to an investigation into his tuition payments. As it turned out, Sohail’s father had been duped by a scammer who offered to front the money for Sohail’s tuition. His father repaid the man as agreed, but it turned out the scammer had used stolen credit cards to make the initial payment.
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Author: Faith Novak
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