MISSOULA A federal case, Roe v. Noem, involving the abrupt termination of two Montana State University graduate students' F-1 immigration status is being deliberated on in Missoula.

The lawsuit was filed in mid-April after the ACLU filed on behalf of MSU students whose F-1 student status was revoked.

Judge Dana Christensen presided over the defense's motion to dismiss hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 2.

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The defense stated that the federal government "ran into a buzzsaw" of lawsuits after the March 2025 Student Criminal Alien Initiative (SCAI) began.

Through SCAI, federal agents searched the names of foreign students through the National Criminal Information Center's (NCIC) database, which tracks encounters with law enforcement.

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