Canadians attending American universities worried about U.S. crackdown on student visas
The policy -- which triggered a lawsuit from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday -- stipulates that international students who take a fully virtual course this fall will not be allowed to remain in the country.
Sarah Klassen, an accounting student at Wichita State University, said her school has not yet determined how it will deal with the policy. Kang, 23, said says she doesn't understand why ICE is targeting international students when they are such a major contributor to the American economy. "It appears that it was designed purposefully to place pressure on colleges and universities to open their on-campus classrooms for in-person instruction this fall, without regard to concerns for the health and safety of students, instructors, and others," Bacow said.
The program designates whether an individual qualifies for the F, M or J-class visas that are required to enter and reside in the U.S. as a student.
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