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Trump Administration Bans International Students From US If Their Universities Are Online-Only

Sign on college campus reading 'International Student Programs' with an arrow pointing to the left. Street with cars in the background.
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International students cannot live in the United States if their universities move to online-only courses in the fall, a new temporary rule by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement states.

U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement hasissued a new temporary rule banning international students from returning to or remaining in the United States if their colleges move to online-only instruction this fall.

As more colleges and universities announce their COVID-19 adaptation plans for the fall semester, an increasing number are deciding to continue online instruction models first introduced in the spring. Universities are already beginning to push back against the policy, including Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which are both seeking a temporary restraining order that would put the regulation on hold for 14 days. Host Anita Rao talks to Emma Whitford, reporter for Inside Higher Ed, about what this could mean for students with visas.

Stacia L. Brown is a writer and audio storyteller who has worked in public media since 2016, when she partnered with the Association of Independents in Radio and Baltimore's WEAA 88.9 to create The Rise of Charm City, a narrative podcast that centered community oral histories. She has worked for WAMU’s daily news radio program, 1A, as well as WUNC’s The State of Things. Stacia was a producer for WUNC's award-winning series, Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon and a co-creator of the station's first children's literacy podcast, The Story Stables. She served as a senior producer for two Ten Percent Happier podcasts, Childproof and More Than a Feeling. In early 2023, she was interim executive producer for WNYC’s The Takeaway.
Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.
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