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In December, Medill School of Journalism announced that all its degrees were immediately switching to STEM designations. This thrilled students, who took to Twitter to celebrate.  “MEDILL KIDS ARE STEM KIDS SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS,” said Medill sophomore Mac Stone in a tweet. The announcement followed a program review from Northwestern’s Office of the...

GOP Senators will get a chance to grill Biden's chief amnesty bureaucrat Wednesday morning -- and to vote against her confirmation.

Amnesty Axis: George W. Bush Touts Cheap Migrant Labor with Zuckerberg Group 10 May 2021 Americans’ immigration laws can be changed in “bite-sized pieces” to let employers hire foreign workers instead of Americans, former President George W. Bush told an advocacy group backed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. “We’re working with a big coalition here in the Bush center,” Bush said in a May 6 interview arranged by the National Immigration Forum (NIF), which has been funded by Zuck...

May 01, 2021 Updates Impacting Travel from India, China & Russia While the ongoing pandemic is surging in some areas and slowing down in others, international travel conditions are constantly changing. The Office of International Education (OIE) is closely monitoring travel advisories and will communicate updates to CMU students, families and scholars as information becomes available. The U.S. government made the following announcements Friday, April 30: India In recent days, the CMU community ...

OU International Students Services is continuing to work on summer financial assistance for international students despite the initial uncertainty caused by OU Housing checkout emails sent April 26. In the email, OU Housing announced express or in-person checkouts from May 2 to 15 for OU students living in Traditions East and Traditions West. Several members of the OU international community said this message was anxiety inducing, as they expected to get OU summer housing for free due to the di...

Actually, Yeah, Why Dont They Just Get in Line? 8:52 am EDT This coming Wednesday, the House subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, will hold a hearing oddly entitled “Why Don’t They Just Get in Line? Barriers to Legal Immigration.” You may think this is a waste of time and certainly I forgive the sentiment. However, there is always opportunity to learn even in the darkest of times. On paper, Democrats holding a committee hearing to rebut a strawman rhetorical question they asked th...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On 02/18/2021, the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 (Act) was introduced as companion bills in the Senate by Senator Robert Menendez and in the House by Representative Linda Sanchez.*  This article focuses only on provisions affecting the business community, both salutary and less favorable.  It is unlikely to be passed in its entirety but, if broken down into palatable sections to make it through the House and Senate, there is bipartis...

Indian students in US welcome easing of OPT rules Indian students in US welcome easing of OPT rules Ishani Duttagupta / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Apr 20, 2021, 20:34 IST FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail The John Hopkins University. Photo: Instagram/@johnshopkinsu OPT is a popular route for Indian students to work in the US after the completion of their studies. According to the Open Doors survey in November 2020, which tracks international student numbers, there were 81,173 Indian students enrolled for ...

Advertisement Immigration Weekly Round-Up: Applications for Employment Authorization Now Online for Students; Biden Reaches Deal To Stem Immigration at Border; Central American Countries Agree to Anti-Corruption Plan Friday, April 16, 2021 F-1 Students Seeking Employment Authorization Can File Online On April 12, 2021, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that F-1 students seeking Optional Practical Training – more commonly known as “OPT” – w...

International students that were adversely affected by the pandemic and some decisions made by the Trump administration have found new hope of completing their education in the U.S. with President Joe Biden and his immigration-friendly policies. After former President Donald Trump’s arrival at the White House, policies and laws he supported affecting international students were a constant threat. A March 2020 study by the National Association of Foreign Student Advisors, quoted earlier this ...