An Ohio State University spokesman confirmed Tuesday that a total of 12 international students now have had their visas revoked by the Trump administration.
Ohio State spokesman Ben Johnson said in an email that OSU President Ted Carter spoke with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Monday.
The Ohio State football team visited the White House to recognize the team's national championship. Carter accompanied the team.
Johnson says he would not discuss those private conversations. The reasons for the visa revocations remain unknown.
Carter said in a statement on April 8 that the federal government did not formally notify university officials about the visa revocations, and did not give a reason why the students' visas were revoked.
Last week, a spokesperson for the U.S. State Department said that because of privacy and other considerations and visa confidentiality, the department generally will not comment on actions with respect to specific cases.
The actions come as the United States has cracked down on dissidents of Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza who are also international students. Agents have revoked students' visas and, in some cases, green cards of students who participated in protests against the war.
It is not clear if any of the Ohio State students who had their visas revoked took part in campus protests last year.
