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HYDERABAD:  Fourteen Indian students who travelled to the US last week chasing college dreams have been deported allegedly after being detained and questioned for 14-15 hours allegedly by the FBI in San Francisco. Another set of students who arrived today in Delhi said they were kept in a cell for three days before being deported.

A third set of students, 19 of them, were stopped by Air India from taking a flight from Hyderabad to San Francisco even though they had visas. Air India says these students were stopped so that they could avoid the humiliation of being deported because Air India's counterpart in the US had advised them to stop students coming to join blacklisted universities in the US.
 
What is common between these three groups is that they were heading to the Silicon Valley University at San Jose and North Western Polytechnic College, Fremont, both in California; these universities have been blacklisted by the US, according to information provided to Air India by the US Customs and Border protection agency.
 

 

Many of those deported were from Hyderabad but there were students from Delhi, Chhattisgarh and other states too. All of them had "revoked" stamped across the US visa stamp.
 
"We were interrogated for 14-15 hours by the FBI. We were all kept in one cell. It was humiliating, we were not allowed to go anywhere and were told that we have to return immediately," said Deepak, 23, whose father has a transport business.
 
"It was hard to raise 2-3 lakhs for a US university. Now I have been shamed publicly. How will the blemish go from my passport and from my future?" he asked. "I should not have dreamed perhaps," he rued.

Deepak chose the Silicon Valley University because he saw on the website that thousands studied there. He even spoke to Indian students who were studying there before choosing the university because the fees were more reasonable.
 
"I gave up my job to study in the US. My dreams, my parents' hard-earned money, one whole year are all gone," said 22-year-old Balaraju, son of a farmer in Hyderabad.

Air India officials say it is after the traumatic experience of these students that it stopped more such students from flying to San Francisco and told its travel agents not to give them tickets.
 
The airline says it is following the advice of the US Customs and Border Protection and Immigration. It is not clear why such a notice has not come from the Indian foreign ministry.
 
In a notice to its travel agents, Air India said that those travelling on a student visa and heading to these two California universities were not to be sold tickets. "Please inform all your staff and care to be taken while issuing the tickets," the airline said.
 
"In the past, we have witnessed that students who secured admission in those institutions have been deported to India as soon as they land there. To avoid embarrassment to them and save their money, we prevented them from boarding the flight," Air India's deputy general manager in Hyderabad told NDTV.

Both Silicon Valley University and Northwestern Polytechnic University have through their website told students that the confusion was due to heightened security in the wake of the Paris attack. The NPU has in fact clarified that the "US Customs and Border Protection are implementing stricter screening measures. This, however, is not specific to NPU. The measures are for all travelers to the US. Nevertheless, if you can postpone your trip, we would suggest you do so to avoid any unnecessary inconvenience."

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it is not blacklisted but students couldnt answer basic questions ani univ vallu students ki email conversation edo circulating kada

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it is not blacklisted but students couldnt answer basic questions ani univ vallu students ki email conversation edo circulating kada

 

Mari news enti ala vesadu..

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it is not blacklisted but students couldnt answer basic questions ani univ vallu students ki email conversation edo circulating kada

 

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Next book cheskonevaallu Ye LA no Seattle o Texas o Poe ga pettukoni ostharu anthe thappa ilaanti collgs ki apply cheyadam aaparu.. Adhanthe.. Tvu pothe unva Adhi pothe itu Stanford lekunte svu Npu sulivn .. Ivanni block chesthe inko new collg.. In flow ni aapadam kastam.. Visa dhaggare aapochu ga ante .. Csu eastbay lanti colgs ki ochi raagane ilaanti vaatiki transfer pettukuntaru..

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3 days jaiiillllll 2 much asaluuuuuuuu

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US embassy vallu visa ivvakunda appeyivachu ee univ ki... ila chesebadalu

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Assalu ee Issue enti...

 

Students Life tho aadukuntunaru kada....

 

Univ vaademo safe antunnadu..

 

Airlines vaadu Risk anduke memu allow cheyyam antunnadu.

 

POE gaadu Black listed univ's antunnadu.

 

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USCIS vaalu Univ gurinchi complaint enduku cheyatledu inka endukku admissions and Visa's allow chestunaru. /

 

If Univ is genuine, why Air India voluntarily stopping students what is with them, who gave them authority to decide a person should fly or not ...Vaalaki enti antha dhoola. ?

 

 

 

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US embassy vallu visa ivvakunda appeyivachu ee univ ki... ila chesebadalu

in this they can't blame
Whole university for few of these ppls mistakes
Veellu proper ga answer cheyale Ee case lo
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Assalu ee Issue enti...

Students Life tho aadukuntunaru kada....

Univ vaademo safe antunnadu..

Airlines vaadu Risk anduke memu allow cheyyam antunnadu.

POE gaadu Black listed univ's antunnadu.

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USCIS vaalu Univ gurinchi complaint enduku cheyatledu inka endukku admissions and Visa's allow chestunaru. /

If Univ is genuine, why Air India voluntarily stopping students what is with them, who gave them authority to decide a person should fly or not ...Vaalaki enti antha dhoola. ?

Source plz
Mana media creativity. Anthe
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