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More information on the new ICE regulations regarding international students at US schools.
Sign the petition here: petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/allow-f-1-students-stay-us-through-fall-semester-if-instruction...🚨 ICE just told students in the US on student visas that if their school is going online-only this fall, the students must depart the United States and cannot remain through the fall semester. This is unacceptable.
www.ice.gov/news/releases/sevp-modifies-temporary-exemptions-nonimmigrant-students-taking-online-...
"As college students across the United States and around the world contemplate what their upcoming semester might look like, the federal guidance limits options for international students and leaves them with an uncomfortable choice: attend in-person classes during a pandemic or take them online from another country."
Sign the petition in support of international students here: petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/allow-f-1-students-stay-us-through-fall-semester-if-instruction...
www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/06/888026874/ice-foreign-students-must-leav...?
ICE: Foreign Students Must Leave The U.S. If Their Colleges Go Online-Only This Fall
www.npr.org
New federal rules will prohibit international students from completing fully online courses of study while in the U.S. Monday's announcement comes as more colleges release their plans for the fall.On Monday, July 6, 2020, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that International Students in the United States whose schools have ruled for online-only classes in the Fall 2020 semester must leave the United States, or may face immigration consequences.
This is counterproductive for the following reasons:
- International students contribute ~$41 billion dollars to the US economy every year
- US universities and research programs depend on revenue from international students to survive
- US universities may be compelled to prematurely open in-person instruction and risk virus transmission
- STEM companies thrive and depend on global talent
We request that ICE rescind their decision to force international students back to their home countries in the midst of a pandemic.
petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/allow-f-1-students-stay-us-through-fall-semester-if-instruction...
petitions.whitehouse.gov
On Monday, July 6, 2020, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that International Students in the United States whose schools have ruled for online-only classes in the Fall 2020 semes...ATTENTION: FREE CITIZENSHIP CLASSES!
The Philadelphia Citizenship Action Network is excited to announce that we are offering FREE ONLINE Citizenship Classes to students in the Greater Philadelphia area!
Community Learning Center will host an online class on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1pm-3:00pm. Class begins Monday, July 20th. Interested students should call 215-426-7940 and register at this link: survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07eh5wf2iokbteb0yd/start
This Independence Day, join HIAS Pennsylvania in advocating for immigrants across the country.
"[The proposed rule] would close off asylum for nearly all survivors of domestic violence as well as people targeted by gangs. It will short circuit due process in countless ways to make it faster and easier to deport asylum seekers effectively denying them a fair day in court."
You have until July 15th to submit your public comment regarding the proposed asylum ban.
HIAS PA’s Public Comment Toolkit: drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1XypaN-HaFKsV5m8BRg1x2dZ5cvhKeSA-
Read more here: www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1229596
Trump admin proposal would make it harder for migrants to claim asylum
www.nbcnews.com
"The proposed rule is literally the kitchen sink of asylum bans and will end any notion of asylum that still remains," said an immigration lawyer.