THE ICE DIRECTIVE IS GONE, BUT INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS STILL FEAR DEPORTATION – By Monica Chin (The Verge) / Aug 18 2020
A short-lived threat crushed some students’ American dreams
CarolineCaroline Poole was in her off-campus apartment in Maine when a high school friend texted her in a panic. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had released a new directive for the fall 2020 semester: international students who were taking an online course load could not remain in the US.
Poole’s college, Bowdoin, was planning to offer an almost entirely virtual semester. Poole — who is from Toronto, Canada — could be deported.
“I opened my computer and saw that everything was the worst that I could have imagined,” she said. “It was terrifying.”
The ICE guidelines dropped on July 6th, after a number of schools had already announced plans for an online-only semester. Even more, including Yale, Stanford, Georgetown, and Northwestern, were planning for a blend of remote and in-person instruction.
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