A federal court has issued a preliminary injunction protecting Priya Saxena, a 28-year-old Indian student and recent PhD graduate, from deportation after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) attempted to revoke her valid F-1 student visa. Saxena, who recently received a doctorate in chemical and biological engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines &…
28-year-old Priya Saxena, an Indian doctoral student targeted for deportation by South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem’s Department of Homeland Security, walked across the stage to receive her doctorate to rousing applause. Across the state, Noem herself took the stage to accept an honorary doctorate, only to be greeted with protests and signs reading “No Honor…
An Indian student, Priya Saxena, who has been a target of Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem, received resounding cheers from the crowd as she crossed the stage at her graduation ceremony at South Dakota Mines in Rapid City. The US Department of Homeland Security, now led by Noem, had sought to deport Saxena since last…