On Monday, ICE released new regulations requiring international students to return to their country if their school is only offering online courses because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NEW RULE BY U-S IMMIGRATIONAND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT ISLIMITING OPTIONS FORINTERNATIONAL STUDENTS THISFALL.
WPTV NEWS CHANNEL FIVESSABIRAH RAYFORD SPOKE WITH ALOCAL UNIVERSITY ABOUT WHATTHEY CALL A’SHOCKINGMOVE.<< FOR VALENTINA MORETTI HERCOLLEGE YEARS WERE SOME OF THEBEST YEARS OF HER LIFE.
NAT:“I WENT TO FLORIDA ATLANTICUNIVERSITY, GO OWLS”VALENTINA SAYS SHE MOVED TOSOUTH FLORIDA FROM VENEZUELAWITH HER ENTIRE FAMILY ON AF-1 STUDENT VISA.“THAT MEANSMY FAMILY IS A DEPENDENT,WHATEVER HAPPENS TO ME HAPPENSTO THEM” THATREASONRULE HEARTBREAKING.
ON MONDAYICE RELEASED NEW REGULATIONSREQUIRING INTERNATIONALSTUDENTS TO RETURN TO THEIRCOUNTRY IF THEIR SCHOOL ISONLY OFFERING ONLINE COURSESBECAUSE OF THE COVID-19PANDEMIC.“THE IMPACT ALSO INTHE UNIVERSITY IS GOING TO BETREMENDOUS BECAUSE WE COME ANDPAY A DIFFERENT FEE FOR THESAME EDUCATION.
WE PAY TENTIMES MORE THAN WHAT IT IS”THE CHANCELLOR OF KEISERUNIVERSITY, ARTHUR KEISER SAYSTHIS NEW REGULATION COULD BEDEVASTATING FOR UNIVERSITIESACROSS THE COUNTRY.
HE SAYSCURRENTLY THEY HAVE STUDENTSFROM 46 COUNTRIES AROUND THEWORLD.“SCHOOLS THAT HEAVILYRELY ON STUDENTS FROM CHINAAND STUDENTS FROM EUROPE THEYWILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTEDFINANCIALLY” KEISER SAYSTHEIR PLAN IS TO OFFER’HYBRIDCLASSESBOTH ONLINE AND INPERSON WHICH WOULD ALLOWINTERNATIONAL STUDENTS TOSTAY.
HOWEVER, HE SAYS THECHANGES IN CORONAVIRUS CASESMAKES IT DIFFICULT TO STICK TOA PLAN.“WE WERE SUPPOSED TOSTART FOR OUR ADULT LEARNERSBACK IN CLASS YESTERDAY, BUTBECAUSE OF THE SPIKE IN SOUTHFLORIDA WE DECIDED NOT TO DOTHAT AND WE KEPT THE STUDENTSONLINE.
IT IS A CHALLENGE FORSTUDENTS TO PREPARE ANDANTICIPATE WHAT THECORONAVIRUS IS GOING TO BEDOING” REPORTING IN PALMBEACH COUNTY, SABIRAH RAYFORD,WPTV NEWS CHANNE
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