‘We Have Our Whole Lives Here’: Students Weigh Studying In Person Vs. Losing Visas | Talking Points Memo

[old_curmudgeon]

I just hope you are right.

(And only a small part of my hope is that one of my cases is before Judge Burroughs and will be held up by this.)

[lastroth]

She said she would rule by July 15, which is the date when the rule is supposed to go into effect. Doj evidently said that was too short of a time to decide, and she told them it was their rule, they imposed it, they having created the time pressure, were not going to get any delay from her.

President Donald Trump has insisted they return to in-person instruction as soon as possible, alleging that schools are being kept closed to harm the economy and make him look bad.

So DoJ how fast can you pull a rabbit out of your ass?

[schmed]

My guess is she hands the us government their head on a platter.

I hope she hands them both head and ass.

Basically some neo nazi at INS is doing what he thinks trump wants (re-opening the economy) with zero thought about what has to be done before a decision is made.

That would be Grand Wizard KKKuch:

[lastroth]

Cuccinelli’s squeeze play to force opening of universities. If these students have to attend in person, let’s suggest that Manafort has to go back to prison? I’m just saying. This is theatre of the absurd writ large.

And maybe demand that Cuccinelli and S. Miller move their offices into the nearest ICE detention center. Who’s afraid of little virus, punks?

[lastroth]

Incidentally, this is why he was elected. People who elected him wanted things broken. The only thing that’s surprising is his sudden unpopularity.

Well they wanted him to break things for those people, not their jobs, finances, and health.

[epicurus]

I see the greasy fingers of Steven Miller all over this. Once again, the cruelty is the point.

[lastroth]

They come here because of the promise of having a degree from the best universities in the world, and perhaps at a chance to continue working here and making their lives in the US. That has made such a difference in the US economy and technological standing, and helped the world improve overall as well…even students that go back home help to improve their nations.

Yeah this foreign student just came here, got his education, and then did nothing to help America or Americans.

The retired inventor of N95 masks is back at work, mostly for free, to fight...

[left_in_washington_state]

MEANWHILE…on the topic of higher education. donnie is tweetin’ on it:

Too many Universities and School Systems are about Radical Left Indoctrination, not Education. Therefore, I am telling the Treasury Department to re-examine their Tax-Exempt Status…
and/or Funding, which will be taken away if this Propaganda or Act Against Public Policy continues. Our children must be Educated, not Indoctrinated!

[the_loan_arranger]

This is perhaps the worst APA violation I have ever seen.

It’s a pity Congress didn’t write “wanton cruelty” into the APA along with “arbitrary and capricious”.

[brian512]

Jeepers, President Biden sure has his work cut out for him…

Yeah, it’s going to be tough. I mean, ideally, in dire circumstances like this you would want to have someone coming in who has actual experience with a new administration coming in at the heels of a completely disastrous preceding one, with the global economy in tatters and foreign policy disasters galore. But it’s nearly impossible to find a candidate like that.

Oh, wait …

[the_loan_arranger]

[Quoting Trump:] Too many Universities and School Systems are about Radical Left Indoctrination, not Education.

I imagine this is just a flash in the pan. Donnie doubtless heard someone refer to “liberal arts colleges” and took it literally: “There are places people go to learn to be liberals? We’ll put a stop to that!” Someone will explain it to him in words of one and two syllables and give him a big slice of chocolate cake with two scoops of ice cream and he’ll have forgotten about it in a day or two.

[losamigos]

This is such pointless cruelty.

That is the heart of this madness. There is no logical reason to kick I-Students out of the country. They are a cash cow for universities, provide cutting-edge research, hugely upset personal lives (and I assume piss off friends and professional associates of I-S) for no apparent reason.

What are the positives for this ill-conceived action, other than racism and xenophobia?

[8franks]

The Trump admin wants to break public education (both higher ed AND K-12) and this is the big push. Force schools, families, and teachers into an impossible choice set, let the acrimony spread, induce chaos. Repeat as necessary.

Unfortunately, this is an easy task for creative people with evil minds who can pull the levers of power.

[Mingus]

And today’s edition of “How to Be More Cruel and Evil to Immigrants”:

Opinion | How the Trump administration is turning legal immigrants into...

Yes, stop printing green cards, and, hey presto! You’re illegal!

Some of the missing green cards are for immigrants newly approved for legal permanent residency. Others are for existing permanent residents who periodically must renew their identity cards, which expire every 10 years but sometimes must be replaced sooner (for example, if lost). These immigrants have completed every interview, required biometric assessment, cleared other hurdles — and often waited years for these critical credentials…

The Immigration and Nationality Act requires every adult legal permanent resident to carry their green card “at all times.” Failing to carry it is a misdemeanor, subject to jail time or fines. Immigrants must also show their green card to apply for jobs, travel or reenter the United States

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[8franks]

What are the positives for this ill-conceived action, other than racism and xenophobia?

Many other positives besides those two if the actual goal is to break public education.

[the_loan_arranger]

That would be Grand Wizard KKKuch:

In Virginia he’s known as “Trans-vaginal ultrasound” Cooch

Bye-Bye, Cooch

[bankerpup]

“We Have Our Whole Lives Here”

So do we.

sigh

[thepsyker]

A U.S. State Department press release said the policy “provides greater flexibility for non-immigrant students to continue their education in the United States, while also allowing for proper social distancing on open and operating campuses.”

War is Peace.
Slavery is Freedom.
Ignorance is Strength.

They are just openly spouting newspeak at this point.

[yskov]

Trump may also be financially punishing university towns (You know, those “liberal cesspools”) that typically support Democrats.

What will not love him, must be destroyed.

That’s the key to literally every policy and position and utterance that has come out of that turd-head.

[Mingus]

Defund universities, then fewer people get degrees, then there are fewer college-educated Americans who vote Democrat.
Next: Defund high schools! Lower the child labor age to 14!
MAGA!