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<p class="MsoNormal">Instructors might also review how their institutions are addressing the new ICE policy. For example, mine is voicing only patient compliance (<a href="https://www.depts.ttu.edu/international/news/2020/temporary-exemptions-for-nonimmigrant-students.php">https://www.depts.ttu.edu/international/news/2020/temporary-exemptions-for-nonimmigrant-students.php</a>)
while Harvard is offering vigorous resistance (<a href="https://www.harvard.edu/president/news/2020/supporting-international-students">https://www.harvard.edu/president/news/2020/supporting-international-students</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Huiling Ding <hding@ncsu.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 6:34 AM<br>
<b>Cc: </b>"Savage, Gerald" <gjsavag@ilstu.edu>, Sam Dragga <Sam.Dragga@ttu.edu>, "attw-l@attw.org" <attw-l@attw.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [ATTW-L] the ICE memo on international students<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for keeping this important discussion going and for supporting our international students at a worst time who are forced to choose between possible risky exposure or deportation. As we all know, public health crises are often
political. COVID-19 clearly shows the socio-economic and geo-political dimensions of pandemics. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">One of my colleagues at NC State shared a national petition from faculty at four-year colleges titled "Open Letter Against the Student Ban," which has gathered over ten thousand signatures. If you want to take a look, here is the url: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you all for your support for our international students and best wishes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 10:15 PM Long, Thomas <<a href="mailto:thomas.l.long@uconn.edu">thomas.l.long@uconn.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</b><a href="mailto:k.e.mckenzie@gmail.com" target="_blank">Keisha E. McKenzie</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, July 7, 2020 8:57 PM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:gjsavag@ilstu.edu" target="_blank">Savage, Gerald</a>;
<a href="mailto:sam.dragga@ttu.edu" target="_blank">Sam Dragga</a><br>
<b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:attw-l@attw.org" target="_blank">attw-l@attw.org</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [ATTW-L] the ICE memo on international students<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Dear Jerry: as a former international student, I can't confirm whether obfuscation is prized at DHS but can confirm that DHS departments are exceptional at obfuscation! Options
for non-citizens have also narrowed considerably in the last half-decade. <o:p></o:p></p>
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professional organizations like <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcccc.ncte.org%2Fcccc%2Fcccc-and-cwpa-joint-statement-in-response-to-the-covid-19-pandemic&data=02%7C01%7Csam.dragga%40ttu.edu%7C15746f5cc5c644c9140708d823439dda%7C178a51bf8b2049ffb65556245d5c173c%7C0%7C1%7C637298120609330176&sdata=QK24OmiPMVyTWXZ6ImEes23MlT6BIR7aHLwf7kRJw9U%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">All: The procedures in the memo force international students to choose between COVID-19 exposure and the risk of deportation. Encouraging school transfers or travel out of the country mid-pandemic
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Please engage, not merely to protect departmental budgets or labor forces, but because it is unethical to sacrifice people as this policy requires and there's at least a 30-year
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Dragga, Sam <<a href="mailto:Sam.Dragga@ttu.edu" target="_blank">Sam.Dragga@ttu.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 7, 2020 2:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:attw-l@attw.org" target="_blank">attw-l@attw.org</a> <<a href="mailto:attw-l@attw.org" target="_blank">attw-l@attw.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ATTW-L] the ICE memo on international students</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>If you are looking for a striking example of technical writing with a direct impact on your classrooms, consider the memo released yesterday by the US Department of Homeland Security (<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ice.gov%2Fdoclib%2Fsevis%2Fpdf%2Fbcm2007-01.pdf&data=02%7C01%7Csam.dragga%40ttu.edu%7C15746f5cc5c644c9140708d823439dda%7C178a51bf8b2049ffb65556245d5c173c%7C0%7C1%7C637298120609330176&sdata=iNxKqLYZML9aJFY4gpd5O2XfEBQNCAcdTFR8b%2B4XO%2Fc%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/bcm2007-01.pdf</a>).
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<p>The memo explains to college administrators that their international (nonimmigrant) students must<b><i>
</i></b>take either onsite courses or a mix of onsite and online courses in the Fall 2020 semester to remain in the United States.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In addition to raising awareness of the extraordinary conditions for international students, the memo offers the opportunity to discuss clarity in writing (e.g., note the 33-word opening sentence in the 116-word opening paragraph but also the headings and
numbered or bulleted lists). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>And given the experience of the Spring 2020 semester and the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the memo raises ethical questions about putting the following key piece of information in a 63-word sentence in the middle of a 151-word paragraph on page 2 of a 3-page
memo [italics mine]: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><i>If a school changes its operational stance mid-semester, and as a result a nonimmigrant student switches to only online classes,</i> or a nonimmigrant student changes their course selections, and as a result, ends up taking an
entirely online course load, schools are reminded that nonimmigrant students within the United States are not permitted to take a full course of study through online classes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Sam<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sam Dragga</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Professor Emeritus, Texas Tech University</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Editor, <i>Technical Communication</i>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:sam.dragga@ttu.edu" target="_blank">sam.dragga@ttu.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1-806-543-6099</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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