Immigration was a major focus of Donald J. Trump’s first presidential term, during which his administration issued over 400 immigration-related actions. A number of those policies directly affected science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students and researchers who study and work in the US on temporary visas.
Many of these students and researchers are now worried about another raft of immigration policy changes when Trump takes office again on Jan. 20.
As an indication of their level of concern, several universities are recommending that students on temporary visas who are traveling abroad return to campus before Inauguration Day. The expectation is that any immigration- related executive orders “will be enacted pretty quickly after that,” says Christina Yao, a professor at the University of South Carolina who studies the mobility of international students.
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