‘Panic and chaos’: International students react to new ICE rule on remote learning

Many international students go to US universities like University of California in Berkeley to experience American education, culture and social life. — AP

UNITED States' federal immigration officials’ decision to revoke the visas of international students whose colleges offer only online courses this autumn sparked outrage in the world of higher education — and devastated students like Alexandra Panzarelli, who may be forced to uproot her life and return to Venezuela if the rule holds.

“When I heard the news... I couldn’t even listen to it, ” said Panzarelli, a 39-year-old politics PhD student at The New School in New York’s Greenwich Village, which had cancelled in-person classes this autumn because of the coronavirus pandemic.