The comments come amid two more high-profile detentions by ICE of a Tufts University student and a University of Alabama student.

A crackdown on foreign students is alarming college leaders, who say the Trump administration is using new tactics and vague justifications to push some students out of the country.

Once the Trump administration attempts to revoke a visa or green card – which grants permanent residency rather than a short-term stay in the US for a specific purpose -- students still have the right to an immigration hearing to determine if their deportations are justified, according to Cheryl David, a New York immigration attorney.

Department of Homeland Security revoked visas of 10 international students at Colorado universities, said officials at the universities - Anadolu Ajansı