The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump seems bent on pursuing controversial immigration policy measures following the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, visa issuance to students enrolled in universities or programmes that are conducted entirely online for the fall 2020 semester will…
A poster-size photo of a little girl in a frilly pink tutu has pride of place on the wall of her grandparents’ stately home on the fertile plains of northern India. An album of baby photos is propped on a…
A new U.S. immigration policy announced Monday, which threatens to revoke visas for certain international students if they are not taking in-person classes, is stirring panic and confusion and causing some universities to push back with lawsuits. The policy states…
As the Coronavirus pandemic keeps the majority of borders across the world shut and travel restricted, the world’s most powerful passports remain almost powerless, with their holders unable to travel. In a recent report published by Henley Global – a…
Just two days after federal officials barred international students from attending U.S. colleges that go online-only this fall, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have made their objections clear. They sued the U.S. government in federal court Wednesday,…
Unlike many international students, Grace Wang of Claremont McKenna College opted against returning to Beijing and moved to a friend’s home in March when her campus switched to online classes and sent students home amid the coronavirus emergency. She felt…
The Supreme Court has preserved a safe harbor for Dreamers or now, but immigration will stay center stage in U.S. politics. If we’re truly going to attain shared prosperity in the Americas region, U.S. foreign policy must stimulate sustainable economic…
Hundreds of employees working for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service in Lincoln are likely facing furloughs. U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry said this week on his Facebook page that hundreds of local employees for the agency have received “notices of…
Under the cover of the pandemic, the Trump administration has closed the southern border indefinitely to desperate asylum seekers, suspended visas for skilled workers, threatened to deport foreign students, and generally increased the opacity and bureaucracy of the immigration system.…
What if Zoom never happened? The web-conferencing lifeline connecting families, schools and businesses throughout the pandemic was created by Chinese-American Eric S. Yuan, Zoom’s billionaire CEO and Founder. But in 1997, he was an immigrant whose visa application was rejected…
