[Bpsfaculty] Fwd: Federal Restriction to Student Visas-Comment period ends today

[Bpschair]

Hi All,  Loralee alerted me to the option for public comment on a proposed new rule to limit student visas to 4 years.   See below.  The comment period closes today.  If you can spare a minute to do this, I encourage you to.

Thanks, Patty

Patricia Springer
Professor and Chair, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences
University of California
Riverside, CA  92521

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From: Loralee Larios <loralee at ucr.edu<mailto:loralee at ucr.edu>>
Subject: Federal Restriction to Student Visas-Comment period ends today
Date: October 26, 2020 at 10:19:37 AM PDT
To: Bpschair <bpschair at ucr.edu<mailto:bpschair at ucr.edu>>

Hi Patty,

I received a notification today from the Ecological Society of America that today is the deadline for the public comment period on proposed new legislation to impose new restrictions to student visas. See the information below. I'm not sure if this is appropriate to forward to the faculty but this could greatly impact our international students. If you think it's appropriate could you please forward it along?

Thanks,
Loralee

 Trump Administration Seeks to Restrict Student Visas

A new proposed rule from the Department of Homeland Security would establish<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001lnLadVK4e2oiJw3B0-vO_bDPEEvWLNK0GfcKUVqytPhjZote0KoTuni73vpTJ5gfqqPUq0k5yoC5tGWkQ1Gb0ZIwK10YN7NpZQUJYaBQfECFj6JZlXLIk_5SjWh1rUAUaXljO1lAw5__sWxywvjlf_iIOFmDRSLZG-1KOgiU1pyuT8Auzsq7hdIIQEnXy4oNl4CUjw39jPxGXxJg32-_1aSwYyH6TXr4xSqIos1R0HL16fwEFF8grB3BSMXTfSA9y-7Hlruh_rTwRLt51PlGEVk30-0QTLJildGCpfhLD7U=&c=o_JFc95br9TfC2GS7SuYakq1myBRhmqcnqt1Jd3AFm4xRA4-ckqCjw==&ch=I4eGs1cRlmuZcpLfFtfRLKAVPZ3alNv10ikpaskvMWlou24nUV8WpQ==> fixed terms of four years for student visas. Under current rules, student visas are issued for the duration of a student's degree program. If this proposed rule is finalized, students would have to re-apply for a visa after four years - even if, for example, they have not completed their Ph.D.
The comment period for this proposed rule closes today, Oct. 26. ESA members can leave their comments on this rule and its wide-ranging impact of the scientific enterprise, either directly on through the Federal Register<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001lnLadVK4e2oiJw3B0-vO_bDPEEvWLNK0GfcKUVqytPhjZote0KoTujJMBMAijHaLZUdENEUWRD2ZfEu7qe2f5bADGtko5H5vFLR7xGixnj1FhPupfrOLve0TY9_NWxIK9uAMA9YfRTs59bYJAuTUI095i-inP9vC9e6OC-DWSuzgKyifDkPT7WCabgqoHI9tx4jr8ZfaA9RCXryt8IHPCv-ZBT01iQLyh2kd1GVWIKEKUX3-iGk1k0bkympFzFnaLlxtYYCbVcpSVOITHqsKJ7c3bdWPOjXPlq9rSRWEVN4AQK3whfvMMjixwoWo5kKfj9p1cBkOjja2Dixm9i6RVAd8LH6bjlqp5O2nq2xnKOG1d0xD9lb5tB9oZpZck6GobbOWS57ssm4=&c=o_JFc95br9TfC2GS7SuYakq1myBRhmqcnqt1Jd3AFm4xRA4-ckqCjw==&ch=I4eGs1cRlmuZcpLfFtfRLKAVPZ3alNv10ikpaskvMWlou24nUV8WpQ==> or through a comment tool<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001lnLadVK4e2oiJw3B0-vO_bDPEEvWLNK0GfcKUVqytPhjZote0KoTujJMBMAijHaL6xJLi_BD9_p9IrBabo6h141DrcJ0Mi59aqOc6xX5RmMBRFXx55Gest08NuHbU6SRmoQF1n3Dfb-FojM6OJz9SAy3HabHSwePgqmaZopS3O0=&c=o_JFc95br9TfC2GS7SuYakq1myBRhmqcnqt1Jd3AFm4xRA4-ckqCjw==&ch=I4eGs1cRlmuZcpLfFtfRLKAVPZ3alNv10ikpaskvMWlou24nUV8WpQ==> developed by the American Physical Society. Personalized responses will have a greater impact.
ESA submitted comments<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001lnLadVK4e2oiJw3B0-vO_bDPEEvWLNK0GfcKUVqytPhjZote0KoTujJMBMAijHaLlSW4NrLMCaZ1M3SyfGZ7gv9kbWSXr-fQDHKP5QxydJPOOht_LqfoySY1ge0hTu1m2QTX-vrcK2H-R3617TEs0Jlgj2IIwWY2fb3I71Y3KA9b-Cg-AkQRnpuMLuvHW8p3L895BM7t3uesd8QP4bkCtezVaflsleGenhqWR9BFW_zd3aHmTPaXBDR18b6-8Ej-RivY-6c3IZ4=&c=o_JFc95br9TfC2GS7SuYakq1myBRhmqcnqt1Jd3AFm4xRA4-ckqCjw==&ch=I4eGs1cRlmuZcpLfFtfRLKAVPZ3alNv10ikpaskvMWlou24nUV8WpQ==> urging with the Department of Homeland Security to withdraw this proposed rule, stating that this proposed rule will degrade the quality of U.S. science.



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