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Letter to State Department on Student Visa Interview Pause
| 5/30/2025 | On behalf of 36 other higher ed organizations, ACE wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio with concerns about the State Department's decision to pause interviews for student visas and intent to revoke many Chinese students' visas. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Student Visas
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Type: Letters and Comments
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President Trump’s Executive Orders Impacting Higher Education
| 4/24/2025 | President Trump began his term with a flurry of executive orders, and they have continued in the months since. This document tracks those with the most significant impact on higher education. |
Topic(s): Regulation; Immigration and International Students; Title IX; Sustainability; Minority Serving Institutions; Diversity and Inclusion; Higher Education Act; Executive Branch
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Type: Memo
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Letter on Visa Revocations and International Student Deportations Under the Trump Administration
| 4/4/2025 | ACE and other higher education associations sent a letter requesting a briefing from Secretaries Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem regarding the policies and processes being applied to recent visa revocations and deportations of international students. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Student Visas
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter on Engagement Between Higher Education and the State Department
| 2/3/2025 | On behalf of 30 other higher education organizations, ACE wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio offering to work closely with the State Department on issues like visa processing and national security. |
Topic(s): Student Visas
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Issue Brief: Immigration Related Campus Concerns
| 1/16/2025 | This issue brief provides guidance for campus leaders on navigating potential immigration policy changes under the new Trump administration, drawing on lessons from the first Trump term. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Dreamers; Law and Courts; Executive Branch
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Type: Issue Brief
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ACE Policy Recommendations to 2024 Presidential Candidates
| 9/11/2024 | Ahead of the November election, ACE wrote to the presidential candidates’ campaigns with recommendations for key policies to strengthen higher education.
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Topic(s): Affordability; Research; Campus Safety; Taxation and Finance; Immigration and International Students; Veterans Education; Mental Health; Executive Branch
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Type: Memo
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Letter to the State Department on Addressing Visa Processing Delays
| 7/5/2024 | Along with 19 other organizations, ACE sent this letter to the State Department urging action to address delays with processing F-1 and J-1 visa applications at U.S. consulates in India and other countries where there could be surges in applications. |
Topic(s): Student Visas; Immigration and International Students
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Comments on Proposed Rule for Title VI Program Changes
| 3/25/2024 | Comments to the Department of Education form ACE and 16 other higher education groups on the proposed rule regarding the National Resource Centers and Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships programs.
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Topic(s): Regulation; Immigration and International Students; Higher Education Act
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Comments on the Department of Labor's Plan to Expand Foreign Worker Certification to STEM Jobs
| 2/20/2024 | On behalf of 18 other higher education organizations, ACE sent comments to DOL in support of expanding the labor certification for permanent employment of foreign workers to include STEM occupations. |
Topic(s): Regulation; STEM; Labor and Employment; Immigration and International Students; Science and Technology
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Comments on Proposed Rule to Modernize the H-IB and Other Visa Processes
| 12/22/2023 | Comments from ACE and a number of other higher education associations in reponse to the Department of Homeland Security's proposed rule, “Modernizing H-1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other Nonimmigrant Workers.” |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Regulation
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Type: Letters and Comments
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