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Those are possible explanations. However, as long as we invite students to this country to study, we have a responsibility for their overall welfare and educational outcomes. </div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 8, 2020 11:30 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> attw-l@attw.org <attw-l@attw.org>; Dragga, Sam <sam.dragga@ttu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ATTW-L] the ICE memo on international students</font>
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The ICE memo likely is in keeping with the administration's policy of protecting American jobs.<br>
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The top two contributing countries for international students are India (from India the number currently, if I am right, may be close to 200,000) and China (possibly higher than India's) and it is the understanding that many of them post graduation move on
to OPT and then H-1B. <br>
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The H-1 B is meant to bring in overseas workers for filling in jobs that cannot be filled by US nationals, but American workers have argued that that is not the case. <br>
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In addition, the Obama administration also allowed the H-4 (spousal visa) to be used as a work visa (possibly in 2015) and currently there may be around 127,000 or so who have entered the US job market as a result.<br>
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The above is in addition to jobs outsourced. (If I am right, a few years ago IBM's biggest workforce of possibly 120,000 or so may have been India.)<br>
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Because of Covid-19 and high unemployment levels, I think, the administration has put a stop on processing all work visas (H-1B and and other types as well I think, including the H-4).<br>
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<div>On Tuesday, July 7, 2020, 02:54:08 PM EDT, Dragga, Sam <sam.dragga@ttu.edu> wrote:
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">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 rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ice.gov%2Fdoclib%2Fsevis%2Fpdf%2Fbcm2007-01.pdf&data=02%7C01%7Ckaind%40ecu.edu%7C0cecdb5772614dbbe0f508d8235413af%7C17143cbb385c4c45a36ac65b72e3eae8%7C1%7C1%7C637298191313207642&sdata=UtHXM%2ByatVpQYi49SLyny7XgDxwDaCwwOL2seZhVkyo%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/bcm2007-01.pdf" shash="NbCbjnkHM1/JCziiAUrC8Nc8RICSnkyUXyju0V+EN7m65yty0bDe+eyV/aV7hj9pY8F/U6YdZDntsof37eRhfnsop8MbjbK33etEzPhzHqlFrEO8R8hY17U99UvCygsSzouULNITkNJYB2Z4x/UvWPzp8xwCbwvt/z3t6wGnA6s=">https://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/bcm2007-01.pdf</a>).</span></p>
<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.</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). </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]: </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.</p>
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