US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has promised to
help the Indian students who were enrolled in the Tri-Valley
University.
Foreign Minister SM Krishna, who is in New York,
spoke to Clinton on phone and discussed the issue. Clinton has assured
all help and has agreed to intervene and sort out the matter.
She has asked the Indian Ambassador to meet her on Monday and provide all details.
During
their conversation, Krishna stressed upon her to find a humanitarian
and rapid solution as many students had come on a legal visa and for no
fault of theirs, stand to lose out academically and financially.
Krishna also asked Clinton to give students some time to shift to some other university.
The California-based university was shut down on charges of a massive visa fraud.
According
to a federal complaint filed in a California court in January, the
university helped foreign nationals illegally acquire immigration
status. The university is said to have 1,555 students. As many as 95 per
cent of these students are Indian nationals, the complaint said.
According
to available information, 18 students of the university were
radio-tagged by the ICE as part of their investigation. The
radio-tagging had miffed the Indian government and New Delhi had
expressed its strong displeasure at the treatment meted out to the
students.
The tags were removed just ahead of Krishna's arrival in the US.