I think it is a bad idea to try from F1 status because your chances are much smaller when you come here in F1 and try for asylum. I know somebody who was deported and now is in australia. I talk to him once in a while on phone and he keep saying that he was supposed to transfer his school in california and supposed to do it from there. I think the approval rate is much higher in california. I am not very sure but you might wanna talk to people in california about this.