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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Jul 14, 2020, 12:37 PM Jul 2020

International students are losing their 'idealized vision' of the US and weighing options to leave

the country if Trump wins in November

Gabriella de Lorenzo left Brazil and headed for college in New York City two years ago. After the coronavirus pandemic reached the US, she took to virtual classes after spring break when schools closed in March to help slow the virus spread. But new guidelines from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) could prevent her and other international students on certain visas from attending schools that are fully online in the fall.

Last week, ICE announced a new policy that forbids international students with F-1 and M-1 visas to remain in the United States if their schools are "operating entirely online." F-1 visas allow people to enter the US as a student at a four-year college or graduate degree program and remain legally until they graduate; M-1s do the same, but for technical or vocational schools.

While many universities have announced they will use a "hybrid model," combining both in-person and online courses for the upcoming academic year, the new policy lacks clarity in what may be required for a model that'll help keep international students in the US.

For de Lorenzo, the agency's July 6 announcement tells hundreds of thousands of students like her, "We're not welcome."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/international-students-are-losing-their-idealized-vision-of-the-us-and-weighing-options-to-leave-the-country-if-trump-wins-in-november/ar-BB16J5g3?li=BBnb7Kz

I'm sure that makes Nazi geek Stephen Miller happy.
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