When Karl Moldin, a student at Harvard University from Vienna, learned that the Trump administration suddenly prepared international students’ ability to study law in the United States, and said he did not feel reassuring.
After all, immigration officials insisted that they could still end the legal status of students, even in the face of legal challenges, and the administration has described it as just a temporary postponement.
“We should not be tempted by thinking that the administration will stop harassing.” “They will try to find other ways.”
Mr. Moulin is not alone in his concern.
The dramatic shift from the administration came on Friday after dozens of international students filed lawsuits that say that their legal right to study in the United States has been canceled, and it is often the least explanation. In some cases, students had minor traffic violations or other violations. In other cases, it appears that there is no clear reason for the pumpkin.
After learning that the immigration and customs application has deleted its records from the visitor information system for students and exchange, or Sevis, many students have tried to preserve their condition. This has paid a wave of emergency orders by judges who prevented changes.
Students and immigration lawyers said on Saturday that they felt comfortable because of the temporary decline, but they stressed that it was – temporary.
Joseph P. said. Kareli, the lawyer for the Ministry of Justice, to a federal judge on Friday, that their feeling of uncertainty was rooted in what Joseph F. said. Mr. Carley said immigration officials have started working on a new system for reviewing and ending the records of international students and academics studying in the United States. He said that until the process is completed, the records of students that have been cleared of a federal database will be restored in recent weeks, along with the legal status of students.
“This is the first aid, but it is not a successful surgery yet,” said Clay Greenberg, a New York immigration lawyer and represents many affected students. “The question that remains now is: Well, what is the new policy?”
Meanwhile, he left students with the same anxiety as it was before, which started when the administration moved to Cancel more than 1500 student visas In recent weeks.
Kevin Chang, a third -year law student at the University of Colombia from China, said that every Chinese student knows was concerned about the visa situation. He added that people in Chinese society on the campus often exchange information about American and Chinese policies, in an attempt to determine how they influence them.
“It is an unstable and very turbulent period,” said Mr. Chang, 30.
Liu Gerdin, 22, who is a senior at Harvard University of Sweden, described the Trump administration’s decision to reverse the international student visa as “great news” but noticed that the federal government is still asking Harvard Detailed information delivery About her student body.
Mr. Gerdin, who studies economics and political science, led gatherings on the Harvard University campus to protest against the administration’s efforts to target international students. Now, because of this activity, Mr. Gerdén said he feared was a goal.
He said: “I have been somewhat accepted that the presence in the beginning was no longer a guarantee.” “I am definitely concerned, but one of the dangers that I accepted because I think what we fight for here is much greater than any individual.”
Recently, the high school guidance advisor asked him for Mr. Gerdin advice because many Swedish students have been accepted at the University of Notre Dame and Georgetown University, but they are now wary of moving to the United States, a feeling that was almost anxious.
He said: “The United States has always been the high dream of many people, especially for me.” “The entire university life and all the opportunities that come with the study at a university here have put our universities in a very special position that is now removed.”
Evan Solbezio Estrada, 20 years old, a student at the University of Tatz from San Diego, said his friends who were international students have expressed in recent weeks their fear of their status.
After the arrest of Rumeysa Oztuk, Tufts. Mr. Solbezio Estrada said that a student from Türkiye, many international students at the school stopped attending classrooms or eating in the cafeteria because they were afraid to arrest them. He added that many of them were doing their best to continue living in the normal life of the college.
Louis Yang, 18, a student from Beijing in Tafs, said that although some of his friends have expressed their concerns about visa transfers, he tried not to allow politics to pay attention to academics.
“I am not very worried about it,” said Mr. Yang.
Mr. Greenburg, a lawyer for immigration, said he believed that the situation proves “the inability to predict and chaos” coming from the Trump administration.
In recent weeks, Mr. Greenburg said, continued to flood similar questions from international students: “Should I leave? Will I be arrested if I don’t leave tomorrow?”
