I’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 readingThe 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.
We 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.
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.
Continue readingI am dismayed to see this administration’s continued attempts to erode legal immigration now prohibiting many foreign students from studying in the United States. The latest ruling regarding international students has me deeply concerned. They pay the highest rates of tuition to colleges and universities — money that often subsidizes the tuition of domestic students. ICE’s recent decision to force students to leave the country if they cannot access in-person classes due to the pandemic is unfair on many levels. I want my representatives to understand that this policy will have tangible adverse economic consequences and may end up aggravating attempts to control the COVID-19 virus. I would ask that all our students — foreign and domestic — be granted the ability to continue their studies without fear for their health or possible deportation.
My name is Jean Christensen, and I have been a registered Democrat for more than 20 years.
As a public school educator, I have seen firsthand the positive impact that international students have on both the economy and the universities they attend.
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