Christian groups oppose ICE rule on international students

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Elana Schor, Associated Press
Updated 2:04 pm CDT, Friday, July 10, 2020

Leaders of 12 Christian organizations on Friday urged the Trump administration to rescind a policy requiring international students to leave the U.S. or transfer if their colleges hold classes entirely online this fall, saying it “falls short of American ideals.”

In a letter to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, shared with The Associated Press, the leaders wrote that the policy “robs our country of the significant contribution” international students make to their colleges on both a personal and economic level. It “lacks compassion” and “violates tenets of our faith,” the letter continued, citing specific Biblical passages.

Among the signatories are National Association of Evangelicals president Walter Kim; Council for Christian Colleges & Universities president Shirley Hoogstra; and Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Monday that the more than 1 million international students in the country would not be allowed to take all their classes online this fall. The agency notified colleges that no new visas would be issued to foreign students at schools operating entirely online that term, and those already in the United States would be required to transfer or leave the country.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Christian-groups-oppose-ICE-rule-on-international-15399987.php

[Ilsa]

1. The religious student unions are a big way they

proselytize and evangelize to young foreigners while they are still impressionable. I wonder if trump will cave to the baptists?

[bobbieinok]

2. Many christian colleges, univs have large numbers of interntnl sudents, doing online classes

[Thomas Hurt]

3. oops, the proselytizers are upset that Trump is trying to thin their herd of possible converts.

Who will of course be indoctrinated into going back home and spreading christofascism in their home countries.

And of course the money.

[keithbvadu2]

4. "and economic level" CBR - Cash Based Religion

"and economic level"

CBR - Cash Based Religion

[dalton99a]

5. It's about tuition money

[ManiacJoe]

6. It would be interesting to hear how other countries are handling this.

Just about all countries have similar rules for foreign students.

[a la izquierda]

7. I'll be attending law school in the UK.

I can start online in October in the US, so I can wrap up my semester of teaching at my current university, and then move to the UK for the start of Spring term. But even if I wanted to move there and start online in October, I'd get a visa.