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Trump Administration Rescinds Rule on Foreign Students Living in US
Facing eight federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities, the Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded a rule that would have required international students to transfer or leave the country if their schools held classes entirely online because of the coronavirus pandemic. The decision was announced at the start of a hearing in a federal lawsuit in Boston brought by…
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A Brazilian Graduate Student Describes Living in Fear of Losing Her Student Visa
Virginia Tech international PhD student Renata Carneiro describes the anxieties she faced back in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic and how she learned to successfully adapt to her school’s hybrid model of learning by staying in constant communication with her advisors and department.
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New Foreign Student Rules Part of Trump's 'Nativist and Nationalist Agenda': Human Rights Attorney
A number of states and universities have filed lawsuits against the Trump Administration against a new order that could strip visas from foreign students who can’t study on campus due to the coronavirus. Wade McMullen, an attorney from the non-profit organization Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, says the new rules are part of the Trump Administration’s effort to shut down...
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More Than 200 Schools Back Lawsuit Over Foreign Student Rule
More than 200 universities are backing a legal challenge to the Trump administration’s policy saying international students cannot stay in the country if they take all their classes online in the fall.
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International Students at SoCal Universities Sue Over New Visa Rules
Attorneys for seven international university students studying in Orange and Los Angeles counties sued the Trump administration Friday, alleging that new rules on foreign student visas makes them “pawns in a political drama.” The federal civil complaint, filed in Orange County, seeks a court order preventing the government from enforcing the policy that would strip foreign students of their...
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Cal Students Band Together to Support International Schoolmates
International students face an uncertain future in the fall, after ICE warned it would strip away their student visas, if their universities moved all classes online. It took less than 48 hours for Cal students to band together and come up with their own on-campus courses so their international schoolmates can stay in the country.
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How ICE's Rule Change for Foreign Students Is an Attack on Legal Immigration
ICE has retracted a temporary rule that allowed foreign students to attend school online during the coronavirus pandemic — potentially forcing many out of the U.S. and preventing others from arriving in the fall. Rosanna Berardi, an immigration attorney, explains how the new rule is an extension of the Trump Administration’s attack on legal immigration.
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US Says Foreign Students May Have to Leave If Their School Goes Online-Only
The U.S. government announced Monday that international students will not be allowed to stay in the country if the institution in which they’re enrolled is holding online-only courses this fall. If students fail to comply with the rules, they risk deportation.