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

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美國最新簽證政策對留美學生的影響

尊敬的來自上海常青藤學校社區的學生和家長們：

您可能已經在各大媒體了解到，美國移民和海關執法局(ICE)最近發布了一系列規定，這些規定將對留美學生產生負面影響。ICE宣布，2020年秋季學期僅提供在線課程的美國大學，其目前在讀的國際學生必須離開美國境內，否則可能會面臨移民局所采取的措施。

這一政策的制定可謂是逆潮流而為之，適得其反，原因如下：

? 國際學生每年為美國經濟貢獻約410億美元

? 美國的大學及其研究項目要依靠國際學生的學費收入來維持正常運營

? 美國大學可能被迫得提前開學，進行面授教學，增加了病毒感染的風險

? STEM科技公司的蓬勃發展也依靠全球學生和人才。

如果您有家人或朋友目前在美國，并受到這項新政策的影響，建議他們與大學的國際學生辦公室，以獲取當地支持和學校的具體指導。如果您的朋友或家庭成員中有美國公民，他們可以簽署鏈接中的請愿書，表達對該政策的看法。(點擊文末“閱讀原文”查閱請愿書鏈接)

對該政策給我們的在校學生和歷屆學子所造成的高度警惕和焦慮，學校表示密切關注。上海常青藤學校的在校學生和歷屆學子們，學校的教職員工們與你們在一起心心相系。如果需要，請與我和相關老師。

埃迪·岡薩雷斯(Eddie Gonzalez)，碩士

學生發展中心主任

上海常青藤學校

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