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Letter of Support for the FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation Bill
| 9/9/2021 | Letter to the House Education and Labor Committee in support of the investments this legislation makes in students, educators, and institutions, and requesting lawmakers to include funding to double the maximum Pell Grant award. |
Topic(s): Federal Budget and Appropriations; Legislation; Financial Aid; Dreamers
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to Congress Urging Support for Legislation to Protect DACA Recipients and Other Dreamers
| 8/4/2021 | ACE and other associations urge Congress to permanently protect DACA recipients and Dreamers following the Texas court decision that found the Obama administration acted illegally in establishing DACA through executive action. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Legislation; Dreamers
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to State Department on NIE Travel Restrictions
| 7/20/2021 | ACE and other associations request clarification on the.national interest exemption for students and other academics from countries under current COVID-19 travel restrictions. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Student Visas
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to State Department on Presidential Proclamation Suspending Entry of Students and Researchers From China
| 6/10/2021 | As the start of the fall semester approaches these students and their sponsoring U.S. colleges and universities are becoming increasingly concerned that a broad application of Presidential Proclamation 10043 is causing unnecessary delays. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Student Visas
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Comments to USCIS on Reducing Administrative Burdens for Foreign Citizens
| 5/19/2021 | Comments to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in response to request for information on on how the agency can reduce administrative and other barriers and burdens within its regulations and policies. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Regulation
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Talking Points on the Safeguarding American Innovation Act
| 5/13/2021 | The bill includes several problematic provisions that would expand the State Department's authority to deny visas and create new requirements for the sponsors of J-1 visas. It would also lower the current Sec. 117 reporting threshold to $50,000, from $250,000. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Student Visas; Science and Technology
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Type: Bill Summary
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Memo on the Safeguarding American Innovation Act
| 4/28/2021 | Analysis of provisions in the Safeguarding American Innovation Act that are problematic for the higher education and research communities.
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Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Science and Technology
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Type: Bill Summary
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Key Immigration Priorities for the Higher Education Community in 2021
| 3/19/2021 | These key priorities will help guide the higher education community’s consideration of proposed immigration legislation as we work to modernize our immigration system. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Dreamers; Student Visas; Optional and Practical Training; H-1B
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Type: Issue Brief
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Letter to State and DHS Requesting Support for International Students in Fall 2021
| 3/18/2021 | Letter to the Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas asking that the agencies act now to make it possible for international students to travel to the United States for the fall 2021 semester. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Student Visas
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to Senate Leadership in Support of the Dream Act 2021
| 2/22/2021 | The Dream Act would allow some undocumented young people, who have already invested in our country and in whom the country has already invested, to earn lawful permanent residence in the United States and ultimately a path to full citizenship. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Dreamers
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Type: Letters and Comments
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