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Community members gather outside of the International Student and Scholar Services office in H.J. Patterson Hall on March 31, 2025 to demand the office address concerns about international student visas and status. (Gurnoor Sodhi/The Diamondback)

Immigration

Many people have come from across the world to live, study and work in Prince George’s County, College Park and at the University of Maryland. But Trump’s immigration crackdown has sparked fear across the state as ICE agents increase their presence in local communities and federal forces revoke and restrict international student visas.

  1. Here’s how PGCPS officials are preparing for ICE officers in schools
  2. UMD SGA passes act demanding protections for undocumented, international students
  3. Maryland legislators debate bill to protect personal records from ICE officials
  4. UMD community members detail fear, anxiety after Trump’s immigration enforcement orders
  5. UMD international students prepare for uncertainty after Trump’s executive orders
  6. UMD community members demand university protects international students at office protest
  7. UMD community criticizes ‘xenophobic’ federal inquiry about Chinese students, faculty
  8. Federal government revokes visas from some UMD international students
  9. USM backs lawsuit to stop student visa cancellations
  10. Federal government revokes visas from 7 people at UMD
  11. Prince George’s County, Trump administration officials clash over immigration policy
  12. Maryland legislature passes bill prohibiting ICE agents from ‘sensitive locations’
  13. Trump administration to begin ‘aggressively’ revoking Chinese students’ visas
  14. Trump administration lists 18 Maryland cities, counties as sanctuary jurisdictions
  15. UMD issues international students guidance on visa revocations, pauses
  16. College Park, Prince George’s County no longer listed as sanctuary jurisdictions
  17. UMD community members voice concerns after Trump restricts Palestinian visa applicants
  18. New UMD GSG committee seeks to protect international students
CREDITS
REPORTING

Stella Canino, Lauren Frank, Keira Hardesty, Oliver Mack, Anastasia Merkulova, Mayah Nachman, Pera Onal, Amelia Twyman, Sanya Wason and Katharine Wilson

EDITING

Marijke Friedman, Akshaj Gaur, Natalie Weger, Sam Gauntt, Apurva Mahajan, Lizzy Alspach, Olivia Borgula, Natalie Jakubiak and Zachary Intrater

PHOTOS

Giuseppe LoPiccolo, Sam Cohen, Neelay Sachdeva, Alexa Yang, Gurnoor Sodhi, Clare Roth, Jess Daninhirsch, Kurt Leinemann and Claire Harvey

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

Joanne Lee, Sameer Chawla, Alston Chan, Esha Singhai and Apurva Mahajan