I’m an independent voter writing for your support regarding a number of environmental issues facing our planet. I have grandchildren and great grandchildren that I want to be able to enjoy clean air, water and enough food to sustain them. I firmly believe that if a great effort is not made to save our planet they will not have the luxuries of these elements that we take for granted.
Continue readingI look at rapidly changing temperatures, increased natural disasters, rising sea water, and diminishing ice at the poles, and it terrifies me. We know these changes are caused by climate change. What kind of world are we leaving to our grandchildren?
Continue readingScience has been showing us for years that our Earth is in need of drastic change. I encourage you, as your constituent, that we need to push for more bills that are in support or address climate change. Marginalized communities are one of the most affected by climate change. Within our state of Utah, we have seen our Native American tribes suffer from loss of land and resources. With recent news of the drought Utah will face this year, I am concerned as a Utahn and a mother for our Native American communities. We need your voice.
On May 15, 2020 President Trump fired the nonpartisan inspector general of the State Department. This is the fifth inspector general Trump has fired in the past two months. Trump’s firing of five inspectors general continues a pattern of behavior intended to shield the presidency from oversight and should be deeply troubling to all Americans. Congress must hold the Trump administration accountable for these unprecedented and unethical firings. The following are excerpts from a portion of the letters written in response to MWEG’s call to action on this issue.
Continue readingMy son-in-law came to this country on a student visa and was on the last flight out of Liberia before it was shut down due to Ebola. My-son-in-law and my daughter’s other African friends, whom she met at university, have become vital contributors to our economy and our communities, many in vital fields.
Continue readingIt is with grave concern that I am writing to you about the rule change issued by SEVP on July 6 prohibiting international students from taking online classes to maintain their F1 visa status. This policy change is cruel to students who are putting in a good-faith effort to complete their education here in the United States during a time when the risk of COVID-19 infection is greater than ever.
Continue readingI am a recent graduate from BYU, now living in Millcreek. I still have contact with my friends and colleagues in Provo, and many of them are international students. I was just speaking with one of these friends, and she told me of her fear that she may not be able to finish out the school year because of the recent ICE policy.
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. This sounds extreme and totally unnecessary.
Continue readingI 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 readingI 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.
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