<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252">
<style type="text/css" style="display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} </style>
</head>
<body dir="ltr">
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Thanks, Angela. Good news like this is rare lately.</div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<br>
</div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Jerry<br>
</div>
<div id="appendonsend"></div>
<hr style="display:inline-block;width:98%" tabindex="-1">
<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces@attw.org> on behalf of Haas, Angela <ahaas@ilstu.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 14, 2020 4:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Attw-l@attw.org <Attw-l@attw.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ATTW-L] SEVP modifications being reversed</font>
<div> </div>
</div>
<style>
<!--
@font-face
{font-family:"Courier New"}
@font-face
{font-family:Wingdings}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math"}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri}
p.x_MsoNormal, li.x_MsoNormal, div.x_MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman"}
h1
{margin-top:12.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
page-break-after:avoid;
font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri Light";
color:#2F5496;
font-weight:normal}
a:link, span.x_MsoHyperlink
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline}
a:visited, span.x_MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{color:purple;
text-decoration:underline}
p.x_MsoListParagraph, li.x_MsoListParagraph, div.x_MsoListParagraph
{margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman"}
span.x_EmailStyle17
{font-family:Calibri;
color:windowtext}
span.x_apple-converted-space
{}
span.x_Heading1Char
{font-family:"Calibri Light";
color:#2F5496}
span.x_msoIns
{text-decoration:underline;
color:teal}
.x_MsoChpDefault
{font-size:10.0pt}
@page WordSection1
{margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in}
div.x_WordSection1
{}
ol
{margin-bottom:0in}
ul
{margin-bottom:0in}
-->
</style>
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="background-color:white">
<div style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight:bold; color:#eb0000; padding-bottom:10px; padding-top:10px; padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px; background-color:#ffffff">
[This message came from an external source. If suspicious, report to <a href="mailto:abuse@ilstu.edu" style="color:blue">
abuse@ilstu.edu</a>] </div>
<div>
<div class="x_WordSection1">
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri">Dear colleagues,</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri">It is with great relief that I share the good news that the Trump administration is reversing the SEVP modification:
</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:38.5pt; text-indent:-.25in; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri">“Government Backs Down on International Student Policy”:
<a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/07/14/trump-administration-drops-directive-international-students-and-online-courses?utm_source=ihe&utm_medium=editorial-site&utm_content=breakingnews&fbclid=IwAR2TEnVTww7JANI2BI5V5FT25H23RBMJ2Znbw-wnIZ0VoIugsFgIsiOUj6w">
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/07/14/trump-administration-drops-directive-international-students-and-online-courses?utm_source=ihe&utm_medium=editorial-site&utm_content=breakingnews&fbclid=IwAR2TEnVTww7JANI2BI5V5FT25H23RBMJ2Znbw-wnIZ0VoIugsFgIsiOUj6w</a></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:38.5pt; text-indent:-.25in; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri; color:black">“The ICE policy that would expel international students taking online classes is being rolled back”: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ice-may-reverse-directive-that-could-deport-international-students-2020-7"><span style="color:#954F72">https://www.businessinsider.com/ice-may-reverse-directive-that-could-deport-international-students-2020-7</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri"></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri">As the grad director of a large graduate program, I have the honor of working closely with international students, and I can tell you that this modification has rocked some international
students to their core. For many, the reversal of the modification won’t reverse the trauma of being positioned as an expendable pawn by federal xenophobic and racist legislation used to pressure universities to re-open campuses and offer (more) in-person
courses. </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri">Many thanks to those of you who support international students with your words and actions, resisted the SEVP modification, reached out to university, state, and federal official contacts
to ask for lawsuits, etc. </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri">Angela</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<div>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">--</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Angela M. Haas, PhD</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Graduate Program Director and Professor, Department of English, Illinois State University</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">President, Association of Teachers of Technical Writing</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Coordinator, Computers & Writing Graduate Research Network</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Pronouns: She/Her/Hers</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>