Backlash escalates against Trump’s new visa policy for international students

Denver: Voices against the Trump administration’s recent visa restriction for foreign students continued loudly, as hundreds of thousands of Americans had signed petitions by last Friday night, condemning the move.

“This is the real American silent majority,” Washington policy analyst Dave Richardson told Xinhua.

“They are educated, informed, and good citizens -- and they have had enough of (President Donald) Trump’s xenophobic tactics targeting foreigners.”

Last Tuesday, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that students currently in the United States on F-1 and M-1 visas “must depart the country or take other measures, such as transferring to a school with in-person instruction to remain in lawful status,” if their school’s classes are entirely online in the fall semester.