I guess now we know what it means…
Well, right now students who went home for break cannot re-enter; legal residents too; and even British citizens who had the misfortune of being born in one of the seven countries are being blocked.
All applicants with ties to these countries, F1’s J1’s, legal residents, or dual citizens, regardless of whether they got into Harvard or Purdue or Pomona, are effectively blocked. Does it mean the universities admit them but defer them? That they lose their acceptances? That the universities won’t even bother admitting them now that it’s certain they won’t be able to accept by May first?
What if a student lives in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey, Dubai, Bahrain, Indonesia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, Qatar, Bangladesh - or are British citizens born there? Should universities anticipate anything?
In the end, reading this thread makes me think : internationals, hope for the best, plan for the worst.
I hope Sylvan 's student didn’t go home, or has come back already.
Sad.
I posted this elsewhere but… we’re being quietly advised by my academic department not to leave the country. As far as I know, there has been no official declaration but they’re telling all of us this regardless of nationality, citizenship status, race, religion, etc not only because of the US’ POTUS’ orders but because of potential retaliations by other countries and individuals.
I signed a petition for an Iranian MIT student who couldn’t leave her plane and was sent home. A Harvard medical student cannot return.
Days ago I read that Google encouraged people to come home.