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At a hearing in federal court in Eugene on Monday, McShane
questioned federal lawyers on which regulations they were
following when terminating the students' legal status, The
Oregonian/OregonLive reported.
“There has to be some regulations for when it’s appropriate and
not appropriate. What regulation is ICE following here?” McShane
asked, referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Conti, representing the
federal Department of Homeland Security, said it hadn’t had
enough time to gather all the information and argued that the
students didn't face irreparable harm, as a final agency
decision had not been issued that they could challenge
administratively, the Oregonian/OregonLive reported.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon and an immigration
law firm filed both lawsuits against the Trump administration,
arguing the students' visas were terminated “without any notice
or meaningful explanation" to the students or their
universities.
The suits were filed on behalf of Aaron Ortega Gonzalez, a
32-year-old citizen of Mexico pursuing a doctoral degree in
rangeland ecology at Oregon State University, and a 29-year-old
British graduate student only identified as Jane Doe who is
pursuing two masters degrees at the University of Oregon.
At schools around the country, more than 1,000 students have
seen their visas revoked or their legal status terminated,
typically with little notice.
Students have filed lawsuits in several states, arguing they
were denied due process. Federal judges have granted temporary
restraining orders in Georgia, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Montana
and Washington state, shielding students for now from efforts to
remove them from the U.S.
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