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I 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.
My 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.
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 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.
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