Dear Shanghai IVY School community,

As you might have already read in the news, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has released a set of regulations that will have negative implications for international students. ICE announced that international students in the United States whose universities have decided to offer online-only classes in the Fall 2020 semester must leave the United States, or may face immigration consequences.

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This measure is counterproductive for the following reasons:

✔ International students contribute ~$41 billion dollars to the US economy every year.

✔ US universities and research programs depend on revenue from international students to survive.

✔ US universities may be compelled to prematurely open in-person instruction and risk virus transmission.

✔ STEM companies thrive and depend on global student talent.

If you have family or friends who are currently in the United States and are being affected by this new regulation, advise them to contact their university’s International Students Office for local support and specific guidelines from their schools. If you have friends or family members who are United States citizens, they can sign this petition to voice their thoughts on these regulations.(Click “read more” to view the petition at the bottom of this page)

We are aware of the high level of alarm and anxiety their announcement is causing to our current and former IVY students. To our current and former students, Shanghai IVY School and your faculty and staff are thinking about you and are here for you. Please reach out to me and your faculty if you need.

Eddie Gonzalez, M.A.

Student Development Center, Director

Shanghai IVY School

中文译文

美国最新签证政策对留美学生的影响

尊敬的来自上海常青藤学校社区的学生和家长们：

您可能已经在各大媒体了解到，美国移民和海关执法局(ICE)最近发布了一系列规定，这些规定将对留美学生产生负面影响。ICE宣布，2020年秋季学期仅提供在线课程的美国大学，其目前在读的国际学生必须离开美国境内，否则可能会面临移民局所采取的措施。

这一政策的制定可谓是逆潮流而为之，适得其反，原因如下：

✔ 国际学生每年为美国经济贡献约410亿美元

✔ 美国的大学及其研究项目要依靠国际学生的学费收入来维持正常运营

✔ 美国大学可能被迫得提前开学，进行面授教学，增加了病毒感染的风险

✔ STEM科技公司的蓬勃发展也依靠全球学生和人才。

如果您有家人或朋友目前在美国，并受到这项新政策的影响，建议他们与大学的国际学生办公室，以获取当地支持和学校的具体指导。如果您的朋友或家庭成员中有美国公民，他们可以签署链接中的请愿书，表达对该政策的看法。(点击文末“阅读原文”查阅请愿书链接)

对该政策给我们的在校学生和历届学子所造成的高度警惕和焦虑，学校表示密切关注。上海常青藤学校的在校学生和历届学子们，学校的教职员工们与你们在一起心心相系。如果需要，请与我和相关老师。

埃迪·冈萨雷斯(Eddie Gonzalez)，硕士

学生发展中心主任

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