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Where Do New International Students Stand?


The Presidents’ Alliance on Immigration and Higher Education, a group focused on higher education and immigration policy, said on Twitter that the “FAQ doesn’t address a key issue,” in that it fails to provide flexibility “to allow new students to come study.”

“This is a complicated issue made more complicated by the government’s inability to respond clearly and extend guidance in a responsive manner,” said Miriam Feldblum, the executive director of the Presidents’ Alliance. “Instead, over the past week they just created chaos. We’re very grateful that they listened and they reversed the very misguided directive that they were going to pursue, but now we’re back where we were in spring where we’re saying we need continued flexibility.”

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