The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/student-visas/)
The Trump administration rescinded controversial ICE guidance to strip student visas from international students taking a full online course load.
To the Editor:
The recent announcement from the Department of Homeland Security adding restrictions to Non-immigrant F-1 student visas is a xenophobic, bigoted and inhumane political stunt designed to further nationalist rhetoric. The decision to restrict student visas is the latest attack on the international community under the guise of national economic security or public health. These include but are not limited to the 2018 Muslim travel ban, various attempts to overturn Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policies and recent rollbacks on foreign worker visas. Denying students the right to educational opportunities based on immigration status is in direct violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. This discrimination based on national origin endangers not only student achievement, mental health and physical health amidst a global pandemic, but is also detrimental to the longevity of Cornell’s educational philosophy and Ithaca’s economy.
President Trump’s executive order issued June 22 is the latest in a series of moves the Trump administration has made to curb immigration — drawing concerns among international communities who look to the futures they have been establishing for themselves, susceptible to curveballs and further restrictions.