Daily Archives: July 8, 2020
ICE Says Student Visa Holders May Be Deported, @StateDept Whips Outs a Lipstick, Er … a Welcome Statement
Why does @StateDept issue statements like this? “International Students are Welcome in the U.S.”? Really? It’s like when they release statements praising the US treatment of refugees or claim America leads the world’s response to Covid-19. Why do this? To confuse historians? https://t.co/vzH0avchfU
— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) July 7, 2020
ICE is telling international students on F-1 and M-1 visas that if their school is doing online-only courses they must leave the country or transfer to a place with in-person instruction—or they'll be deemed in the US illegally and subject to deportation. https://t.co/O0T8QITNKG
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 6, 2020
This is bad. ICE just told students here on student visas that if their school is going online-only this fall, the students must depart the United States and cannot remain through the fall semester. https://t.co/8DteVzexLB pic.twitter.com/OfkWRKFZZE
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) July 6, 2020
International student visas are at risk as schools switch to online classes.
Harvard says ICE's response is “a blunt, one-size-fits-all approach to a complex problem”https://t.co/eBg7Ba5brQ pic.twitter.com/BPBQn8OZDg
— Bloomberg TV (@BloombergTV) July 7, 2020
Ex-FSO Tianna Spears: Dear @StateDept, “Hello there, it’s me again”
Tianna Spears:
“You held discussions and town halls. As the paint dries, Juneteenth receives recognition, and Confederate statues are destroyed, remember that this is just the beginning.
You ask people of color and Black employees to share their suffering and experiences that were repeatedly dismissed and ignored. There is trauma, mental illness, stolen dreams, nightmares, and whispers that travel around the world in household effects. This isn’t the case just for Foreign Service members that are people of color, but the entire organization.
As employees that are people of color come forward and speak their truth, have you provided paid counseling/ therapy and tangible resources to continue these conversations? You ask my fellow colleagues to do the work for you once again.
You retraumatize.”
Related post: You ask, what is it like to be Black in America? A former @StateDept employee tells her story
Honored to be part of the Juneteenth commemoration to highlight our collective solidarity at an inflection point in our nation’s history. Together, we can promote cultural change, to ensure all @StateDept employees succeed – in an inclusive & unbiased work environment.
— Carol Z. Perez (@StateDG) June 19, 2020
""How is it that I have a shared trauma with someone that started their State Department career before I was born? "
— Diplopundit TEST/TRACE/ISOLATE (@Diplopundit) July 7, 2020
"Dear State Department, you have failed so many people, myself included. You have a responsibility to create change. And the rest of us are waiting to see how you respond.[…] Let’s see if you have what it takes."https://t.co/B06R3NpyN5
— Diplopundit TEST/TRACE/ISOLATE (@Diplopundit) July 7, 2020