(The Hill) -- Over 200 international students caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown are suing the State Department to get their visas reinstated, court documents reviewed by The Hill show.

Although the Trump administration restored students’ records in the Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) after judges ruled in favor of students across dozens of lawsuits, the government has continued to withhold many students’ visas.

SEVIS records allow students to stay in the U.S. after entering, while visas are needed to freely leave and return to the U.S. — meaning international students with revoked visas are likely to be denied re-entry, even if they are legally permitted to study in the country through SEVIS.

“I can’t visit home because of my visa revocati

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