US says foreign students must leave if classes go fully online

[bdamomma]

https://www.ft.com/content/562bfeec-0955-4689-911b-b5137c4ba6b5

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Foreign students at US universities and schools will no longer be eligible to stay in the country if their courses move fully online due to coronavirus, US immigration authorities said on Monday.

Students holding visas for either academic or vocational courses that have moved fully online should either depart the country or transfer to a school with in-person teaching to “remain in lawful status”, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said, adding that a failure to do this could result in deportation proceedings.

The tightening of visa restrictions for foreign national students comes after the Trump administration suspended a range of different guest worker visas, affecting scientists, doctors, au pairs and some seasonal workers, among others. Mr Trump has also suspended green cards — which offer permanent residency — to respond to the millions of Americans who have lost their jobs as coronavirus damages the US economy.



Can we just remove this POS please.

[SouthernCal_Dem]

1. Trump and the GOP are trying to make this nation more ignorant

Ignorant people are easier to manipulate. That's why Trump does so well with uneducated whites living in rural areas.

What better way to dumb down this nation than to get rid of scientists, doctors, and other high-achieving students?

It's all part of the plan.

[redstatebluegirl]

2. Does this moron and his followers realize a lot of the graduate students this will impact.

May have classes online but are still working hard in the labs around the country on things like Diabetes, Heart Disease, Super bugs, Cancer and COVID 19!!!!! I guess we don't want any researchers that aren't white and from Merica. What a bunch of dumb shits!

[sweetloukillbot]

3. I read that this was standard policy already, they'd waived it for students due to COVID

Now that colleges are increasingly going online only, they're enforcing it more. Still a dick move, but not unprecedented.

BUT, I'm also seeing that colleges are introducing 1-credit in person basket-weaving type classes with outdoor social distancing for these foreign students exclusively so they do not have to leave.

[spanone]

4. trump relishes throwing foreigners out of the country

he lives for it

[bdamomma]

5. Miller and tRump

don't they get everyone was an immigrant who came to the US?? Stupid asses.

They can suck on that white supremacy shit.