Thousands of international students found their lives thrown into chaos in recent weeks by a Trump administration effort to flag their past brushes with law enforcement that left them unable to work or study in the U.S.
“This incident has affected my whole life,” said one man who recently got a master’s degree from the University of South Florida.
The man, who asked NPR not to use his name because he’s afraid of retaliation from immigration authorities, believes his troubles began with a minor traffic violation a few years ago, when he was charged with failing to yield to a police officer. The case was quickly dismissed after he explained to a judge that he had been waiting for a safe place to pull off the highway, he said.
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