Brace for more Int’l students face deportation
elections in
CARICOM
ing of the local dollar have all helped to
undermine the NDP, allowing it to drop
from a majority of 26 to 16 seats.
This has made way for a four-party
coalition to replace the NDP and usher
in a new era with the NDP in opposition
for the first time in two decades.
Across the border Corentyne River
with Guyana, no official winner has
as yet been declared more than four
months after Guyanese had voted in
the March 2, general elections as each
of the two major race based parties has
claimed victory and has moved to the
courts to help sort out a winner amid
allegations from the government side of
systematic voter rigging.
Still in enhanced preparation mode
for 2020 are elections in the tiny Eastern
Caribbean nation of St. Vincent and
the Grenadines where Prime Minister
Ralph Gonsalves is vying for a fifth consecutive
term in office amid continuing
allegations from the opposition of deliberate
padding of the voters list. Voters in
Belize are also on the starting blocks for
elections before year end and there have
been rumblings from both of Jamaica’s
two main political behemoths that a
Caribbean L 12 ife, July 10-16, 2020
date could be set for this year instead of
next year as is due.
The Dominican Republic held its
own general elections on Sunday with
the opposition Modern Revolutionary
Party (PRM) declaring, defeating the
outgoing Dominican Liberation Party,
which has governed since 2004.
As new governments settle in or as
repeating ones continue, both of Trinidad’s
two main parties- the governing
People’s National Movement (PNM)
of PM Rowley and the main opposition
United National Congress (UNC)
of former PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar-
have almost completed screening candidates
for the elections and will present
them on nominations day, July 17.
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to campuses in the fall, despite unsafe
conditions, allowed to persist, primarily
due to a lack of clear executive
action.
“If we did not spend the early
months of this crisis forcing states
to fight each other for PPE (personal
protective equipment), we might be
in a better condition today,” added
Clarke, representative for the 9th Congressional
District in Brooklyn. “If we
had expanded access to accurate testing
to every county in the country,
rather than deliberately slowing down
the process, we may have been able
to ensure the safety of students that
would allow classes to commence in
person in September.
“Instead, we are still struggling to
widely implement and adopt mitigation
measures to minimize the current
surge in hospitalizations that
has already caused death rates to rise
again,” she continued. “Most schools
likely do not have the resources to
institute the necessary safety protocols
to keep their students healthy.”
Clarke said that if the White House
wants students to return to school in
the Fall, Trump “should work with
Congress to make sure every school
has the resources they need to educate
the public without risking disastrous
public health outcomes.”
In its announcement, ICE said that
nonimmigrant F-1 and M-1 students
attending schools operating entirely
online “may not take a full online
course load and remain in the United
States.”
Besides, it said the US Department
of State will not issue visas to international
students enrolled in schools
and/or programs that are fully online
for the fall semester nor will the US
Customs and Border Protection agency
permit these students to enter the
United States.
“Active students currently in the
United States enrolled in such programs
must depart the country or take
other measures, such as transferring
to a school with in-person instruction
to remain in lawful status,” ICE
said. “If not, they may face immigration
consequences including, but not
limited to, the initiation of removal
proceedings.”
ICE said nonimmigrant F-1 students
attending schools operating under normal
in-person classes are bound by
existing US federal regulations.
It said eligible F students may take a
maximum of one class or three credit
hours online.
ICE also said that nonimmigrant F-1
students attending schools adopting
a hybrid model—that is, a mixture of
online and in person classes — will be
allowed to take more than one class or
three credit hours online.
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Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Keith Rowley.
Government of Trinidad and Tobago
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