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News Articles: international students

Atlanta immigration attorney Charles Kuck, center, argued on behalf of some 133 international college students who for now have no way to continue their studies. "There's no doubt that this administration wants foreign students outside the United States, especially those from countries it does not be desirable," Kuck said. "What we see as a result is the terror in these students."

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ICE is reversing terminations of international students’ status after hundreds join Atlanta lawsuit

In a change of policy, ICE will restore the student status of international students whose visas were suddenly revoked.

April 25, 2025
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  • Chase McGee and
  • Sarah Kallis
Marta Hulievska (center), a freshman at Dartmouth College, is from the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia.

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Ukrainian students in the U.S. watch a war on their homeland unfold from abroad

More than 1,700 Ukrainians are studying in the U.S. Three of them spoke to NPR about their feelings of guilt and distraction, and what they're doing to help.

March 22, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Elissa Nadworny
People line up to get water at Sumy State University in Ukraine. Many international students have been unable to leave the city of Sumy and are waiting for their embassies to help.

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International students went to Ukraine to study. Now many worry they can't escape

An Indian medical student in Sumy says she and classmates had to use snow for drinking water while they await hopeful evacuation to flee the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

March 07, 2022
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By:
  • Adrian Florido and
  • Hafsa Fathima
For decades, the United States has been the top destination for foreign students. A new documentary examines how that came to be, and what's at stake if that changes.

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The U.S. Attracts Fewer International Students, Loses Billions In Revenue. Here's Why

Colleges in the U.S. attract a million international students a year. The pandemic, visa restrictions, rising tuition and fears about safety in America have driven enrollment down. But there's hope.

August 09, 2021
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By:
  • Karin Fischer/The Chronicle of Higher Education and
  • Sasha Aslanian/APM Reports
People hold Chinese and American flags as they wait for President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to participate in a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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‘Don’t Invent Any Viruses’: Atlanta-Area Asian Students Face Rise In Hate Speech

Racist encounters have become increasingly common for Asian American and international students in the era of President Donald Trump, with hate speech intensifying ever since the novel coronavirus arrived in the United States in early 2020, students at Emory University in Atlanta told GPB News.

December 11, 2020
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  • Eva Rothenberg
ICE, a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security, has issued guidelines preventing newly enrolled international students from studying in the U.S. if their colleges are operating only online this fall.

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ICE Confirms New Foreign Students Can't Take Online-Only Course Loads In The U.S.

The agency says Friday that guidance granting visa flexibility to international students only applies to those who were actively enrolled at a U.S. school on March 9.

July 24, 2020
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  • Rachel Treisman
Simge Topaloğlu, a Turkish citizen pursuing her doctorate at Harvard University, was caught off-guard by a new international student visa regulation put forward by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this week.

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'I Couldn't Believe My Eyes': International Students Blindsided By ICE Rule Change

As Harvard and MIT challenge a new visa requirement that doesn't allow for online-only curricula, students face difficult choices.

July 08, 2020
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  • Max Larkin
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced a new set of rules for foreign students in light of the coronavirus pandemic. International students cannot enter or stay in the U.S. if their college offers courses only online in the fall semester.

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ICE: Foreign Students Must Leave The U.S. If Their Colleges Go Online-Only This Fall

New federal rules will prohibit international students from completing fully online courses of study while in the U.S. Monday's announcement comes as more colleges release their plans for the fall.

July 06, 2020
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  • Rachel Treisman
The campus of Wesleyan College remains closed but about 70 students have not been able to get home due to travel restrictions in the COVID-19 pandemic

Chinese Students At Wesleyan Harassed Over COVID-19 Receive Outpouring Of Support

Two Wesleyan College students from China are seeing the worst and best of human behavior amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. The young women were out...

March 27, 2020
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By:
  • Liz Fabian

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