If Class Moves Online, International Students Must Switch Schools or Leave US
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Why Foreign Exchange Students May Soon Be DeportedThe Wuhan coronavirus has forced secondary and post-secondary schools, colleges and universities to rethink how they teach America's youth. Earlier this spring, educators were forced to adapt and teach their lessons online. As the coronavirus pandemic rages on and schools look to the fall, many are preparing to continue with remote learning. The use of online classes has the federal government rethinking its Visa program, especially for foreign students planning to study here in the United States.
The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) on Monday announced changes to their...
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New U.S. Visa Rules Threaten to Deport 369,000 Chinese StudentsHundreds of thousands of Chinese students enroll at U.S. colleges and universities each year, and right now, a lot of them are concerned.
As schools try to figure out how to start the fall semester amid the coronavirus pandemic, some -- including Harvard University and the University of Southern California -- are opting for online-only instruction. And that means their foreign students will have to leave or transfer, according to new rules issued Monday by the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency.
In order to keep their student visas, foreign...
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Trump administration's planned purge of international students serves a cruel purposeThis week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced new rules requiring international students to leave the United States if their colleges or universities institute online-only learning measures for the fall under the threat of Covid-19.
It's another disgusting, transparent Trump administration attack on foreigners and immigrants, one that is solely about malice -- and one that further diminishes the United States' influence and reputation while putting human life at risk.
With Covid-19 infections still raging across the country and on the rise in multiple states, colleges, universities and vocational programs...
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