A group of students gathered to protest against Central Michigan University’s treatment of international students outside of the Bovee University Center on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026.⁠ ⁠ This protest was largely inspired by the visas of seven of CMU's international students being revoked in April of 2025. CMU has no authority over a student's visa status, and is unable to provide legal guidance or service to affected students.⁠ ⁠ As previously reported by Central Michigan Life, the university immediately contacted the impacted international students and gave advice on next steps after their visas were revoked, but students, such as Erikson, felt more could have been done.⁠ ⁠ “We want to highlight CMU’s complicity with Trump’s attacks on international students,” Celia Erikson, president of the SDS, said. “We wanted to point out, you know, the differences in how CMU likes to claim they treat international students and the realities of that.”⁠ ⁠ Click the link in our bio to read more.⁠ ⁠ 📸...