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Institutions lament ICE interference in trading taxpayer financed innovation for cheap labor.
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2020 Oct 28, 3:02pm 342 views 2 comments
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Eric Holder
2020 Oct 28, 3:06pm
Eric Holder
2020 Oct 28, 3:06pm
Al_Sharpton_for_President says
They are concerned that CCP moles could be denied visa extension? Tough cookies.
Depending on their country of origin, each international scholar will have to apply for an extension every two or four years with thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs—with no guarantee of approval.
They are concerned that CCP moles could be denied visa extension? Tough cookies.
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Bd6r
2020 Oct 28, 3:54pm
Bd6r
2020 Oct 28, 3:54pm
I read through that bureaucratic crap because of my work. It is not what it looks like on surface - it is logical extension of garbage what is going on after 9/11. Dishonest students will have no issues just like before, other than paying a fee of $499.99 for visa renewal each time. More work will be created for gubbmint bureaucrats, who will pretend that they will track students at a low cost of a few thousand new hires for 100K each.
Just enforce existing damned laws and all will be fine. Demand upfront payment of out-of-state tuition and then fraudulent admissions will go down dramatically (currently, students can get visa just by showing money in their bank account - might be relatives who after student gets visa transfer money out). Actually enforce GPA requirements for international students, and don't give them A's just because they pay $60K tuition.
Just enforce existing damned laws and all will be fine. Demand upfront payment of out-of-state tuition and then fraudulent admissions will go down dramatically (currently, students can get visa just by showing money in their bank account - might be relatives who after student gets visa transfer money out). Actually enforce GPA requirements for international students, and don't give them A's just because they pay $60K tuition.
October 22, 2020
Next week, the Department of Homeland Security will review the contents of a proposal, ICEB-2019-0006, issued by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau (ICE), that seeks to limit the stay of an international scholar in the U.S. to either two or four years. The potentially devastating impact of this proposal, if implemented, is of such magnitude that the undersigned leaders of San Diego’s biomedical research institutions are standing together to voice alarm.
Scientific research—critical to human health and the creation of new medicines—is, by its very nature, a global enterprise. Knowledge is regularly shared across geographic borders, between institutional campuses and throughout diverse laboratories. The people who populate these laboratories come from all parts of the world, driven to come to America to join others in a united quest to solve a particular scientific problem. A significant percentage of these international scholars are graduate students and postdocs, young scientists just embarking on a research career.
This new proposal from ICE places an unnecessary financial and bureaucratic hurdle in their path. Depending on their country of origin, each international scholar will have to apply for an extension every two or four years with thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs—with no guarantee of approval. If enacted, this proposal will not only hobble their careers and their contributions, it will interrupt and even stall the yearslong scientific investigations undertaken by each of our institutes. These investigations are expanding human knowledge and leading to new treatments that improve human health. If our research teams are handicapped by ICEB-2019-0006, scientific progress will stumble while diseases continue to have a tragic toll.
The United States has long been the world leader in many types of scientific research, which has greatly stimulated our economy while benefiting our citizens. Ultimately, this ICE proposal threatens America’s position as a global leader in innovative, impactful scientific research.
The Department of Homeland Security is accepting public comments on this proposal until October 26, just days away. Each of our institutes will be registering our opinions. We urge you to register yours as well: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/09/25/2020-20845/establishing-a-fixed-time-period-of-admission-and-an-extension-of-stay-procedure-for-nonimmigrant
Signed by the following leadership:
Peter Schultz, PhD
President & CEO
Scripps Research
Rusty Gage, PhD
President
Salk Institute
Mitchell Kronenberg, PhD
President & Chief Scientific Officer
La Jolla Institute for Immunology
Kristiina Vuori, MD, PhD
President
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
https://www.scripps.edu/news-and-events/press-room/2020/20201022-institute-statement.html