IBL News | New York
Harvard, MIT, Cornell, UPenn, Wesleyan, and U.S.C. Cornell are among several American colleges advising their international students to return to campus before President-elect Donald J. Trump is inaugurated on January 20, The New York Times reported.
During his last administration, President Trump imposed restrictions on entry to the U.S. from seven Muslim countries, a policy that stranded thousands of foreign students.
“A travel ban is likely to go into effect soon after inauguration,” Cornell’s Office of Global Learning warned students on its website last month, advising them to return to the United States before spring-semester classes on Jan. 21.
“The ban is likely to include citizens of the countries targeted in the first Trump administration: Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Myanmar, Sudan, Tanzania, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen, and Somalia. New countries could be added to this list, particularly China and India,” said this institution.
Colleges are also warning all students to prepare for possible delays at the border and in the processing of paperwork.
However, the policies of the new Trump Administration remain uncertain.
Over 1.1 million students from outside the United States were enrolled in American colleges and universities in the 2023-24 academic year. India, China, and South Korea have the highest number of students.
