Medical, doctoral students from abroad grapple with uncertainty following new ICE rules

New rules announced by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement this week have plunged the future of many medical and doctoral students from abroad into uncertainty. Students will have to leave the country if their schools have opted for online-only classes in the fall, the agency said, a move that is likely to affect many of the nearly 1 million international students in the U.S. The backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic adds another layer of difficulty to an already tough situation, as some students may not be able to get back to their home countries easily. Meingold Chan, a doctoral candidate in developmental psychology at Ohio State University, has spoken out about the new security law in her home of Hong Kong and worries that going back could mean a prison sentence. But with the new ICE rules here, "I feel like I am not welcome as an immigrant,” she tells me. Read the full story.