In January, Donald Trump will begin his second term as US president. Like many other institutions where things are likely to change, American universities are preparing for this – with a warning for foreign students.
According to a report in the New York Times, American universities are advising foreign students to return to the US after their winter break before Donald Trump takes office. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on January 20. During his first term in office, he had already drastically tightened entry rules for people from several predominantly Muslim countries.
Students have faced problems before
Thousands of foreigners enrolled in American universities were unable to return to their places of study when they tried to reenter the country after the winter holidays. Several universities see the danger that this could happen again. “It is likely that a travel ban will go into effect shortly after the inauguration,” the Cornell College website said in November, the New York Times reported.
The university in the state of Iowa advised its foreign students to return before classes start on January 21.
First of all, precautions
The elite Harvard University advised its foreign students to thoroughly check passports and visas for validity and take into account delays and waiting times when submitting new applications, as well as when entering the country. If you are concerned that the political situation could hinder the start of the semester, you should plan extra time and return before the Martin Luther King holiday on Jan. 20, the university’s international office advised.
Other universities in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania also issued announcements – initially only as a precaution, as politics under a renewed President Trump is still uncertain. However, the 78-year-old has already expressed his desire to reintroduce travel restrictions once he returns to head of the White House.
Will there be far-reaching entry bans?
Just a week after taking office in January 2017, Trump issued sweeping travel bans on people from Muslim-majority countries such as Iran, Chad, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. Trump’s successor Joe Biden lifted the restrictions again in 2021.
Source: Krone
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