International students' visas revoked and more on Behind the Headlines

By Tom Williams

Published April 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM MDT

Student leaving through a doorway at the University of Utah campus on Tuesday, Feb. 4. 2025. — The University of Utah campus on Tuesday, Feb. 4. 2025. At least 20 international students at the U. have received letters from the Trump administration revoking their visas to be in the United States and instructing them to self-deport.

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Tribune reporters Courtney Tanner, Emily Anderson Stern, and Paighten Harkins join this week to talk about the latest news, including the Trump administration revoking the visas of at least 20 University of Utah international students.

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Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.

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