MTSU Confirms Homeland Security Revoked Visas from Four Students amid Trump Administration Crackdown

MTSU Provost Mark Byrnes

Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) Provost Mark Byrnes said during a Thursday meeting of the university’s Student Government Association that four foreign students who were attending the university on a student visa had their legal status revoked by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and will be required to return to their countries of origin or be in violation of federal law.

Byrnes confirmed the revocation when asked about the university’s procedures for cooperating with federal immigration authorities, stating, “We have had four students who were identified by Homeland Security.

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Commentary: Tennessee Must Stop Pretending Foreclosure Notices in the Newspaper Are Enough

Foreclosure

Foreclosure is traumatic — but so is being misled by a system that claims to protect homeowners while offering little more than a performative gesture. A recent opinion piece in The Tennessean warns against a bill that would eliminate the requirement to publish foreclosure notices in newspapers, replacing it with a centralized, online system. Critics say this would reduce transparency and harm vulnerable populations.

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