I am an independent voter. I have grave concerns about the new ICE rules requiring international students to choose between attending in-person classes or taking them online from a different country during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continue readingIn regards to the recent decision by ICE to rescind visas for foreign students if schools are not in person this fall, I want to express my strong opposition to this decision. There are plenty of reasons for schools to be online, and individual schools should be able to make this decision without having to worry about their students being sent out of the country. I can’t see any benefit from sending away students who are contributing to our economy, improving themselves, and experiencing the best of our country.
I am a middle school teacher here in Utah. I am devastated about ICE’s new rules in regards to foreign students studying in the United States.
This policy negatively impacts the economy, the universities, and more specifically the international students. This policy will force institutions to choose between putting the health of their students and instructors at risk or losing their international students.
Continue readingI’ve been a Republican voter for many years. I’m deeply troubled, though, by the direction this party has been taken. I don’t want to be part of the party known for unconcern for our fellow beings.
Continue readingI am an independent voter who is deeply concerned about the fact that under ICE’s new rules, international students must choose between attending in-person classes during a pandemic or taking them online from another country.
With the COVID-19 pandemic still spiking in the United States, requiring colleges and universities to open for in-person instruction is unsafe and unnecessary. But the new SEVP modifications announced on July 6 by ICE force institutions to choose between putting the health of their students and instructors at risk or losing their international students.
Continue readingWe benefit greatly from the perspectives and contributions of our international students. The nationalist views of the current administration are very troubling. These students deserve a chance to be here, to study, and to learn. Please act to protect our international students. They should be welcomed with open arms, not treated like criminals.
The ICE policy requiring foreign students to return home or transfer when/if their academic institutions feel it wise to go to online-only classes is unfair, unjustly hard on the students both emotionally and financially, and does nothing positive for U.S. interests or influence in the world.
Can’t we change this? I’ve known and loved foreign students, and it breaks my heart.
I am an independent voter living in Hatfield township. I am a mother of two college students and will be attending graduate school myself this fall at the University of Pennsylvania. I know I should not be able to be shocked at the inhumanity of ICE anymore and yet this past week, I was again shocked and disgusted when I learned of the new policy ordering international students whose classes have been moved online to return to their native countries.
Continue readingTwo of my children are college students and they both have friends who are international students. This new policy negatively affects international students in obvious ways. What if their home country does not have good internet access? What if the cost of extra international flights makes it impossible for them to continue their education?
Continue readingI am an independent voter, and I have worked in higher ed for over a decade. I am stunned by ICE’s recent policy to modify the SEVP and severely restrict F-1 and M-1 visas. I have seen firsthand the positive impact that international students have on both the economy and the universities they attend.
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