Washington, April 17 -- An Indian student is among four international students from public universities in Michigan who have filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), challenging the abrupt termination of their F-1 student visas without prior notice or explanation.

Chinmay Deore from India, along with Xiangyun Bu and Qiuyi Yang from China and Yogesh Joshi from Nepal, are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan, which is also seeking an emergency court injunction to protect the students from potential detention or deportation.

The students allege that their legal immigration status was wrongfully revoked in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) - a U...