Joint Statement Supporting Safe, Secure, and Sustainable Internationalization
| 4/13/2023 | Statement from ACE and its counterparts from Australia, Canada, Germany, the UK, and New Zealand outlining the organizations' plans to cooperatively promote safe and secure internationalization. |
Topic(s): Internationalization; Immigration and International Students
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Type: Statement
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Comments to USCIS on Proposed Fee Increases
| 3/13/2023 | Comments from ACE, on behalf of 20 other organizations, to USCIS opposing proposed increases to benefit request fees that would adversely affect international students and skilled workers at colleges and universities. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Optional and Practical Training; Regulation
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter Urging 117th Congress to Protect Dreamers Before Adjourning
| 11/17/2022 | Letter from ACE and other higher education associations to congressional leaders, encouraging them to pass legislation to protect Dreamers and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in the lame-duck session that ends next month. |
Topic(s): Dreamers; Immigration and International Students; Legislation
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter in Support of the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program Act
| 11/10/2022 | ACE, on behalf of 14 other higher education associations, sent this letter to Senators Dick Durbin and Roger Wicker in support of their newly reintroduced bill to strengthen programs that expand study abroad opportunities to a broader range of students. |
Topic(s): Internationalization; Legislation; Immigration and International Students
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to Senate Judiciary Subcommittee for Hearing on Immigration and Higher Education
| 6/13/2022 | Testimony for the record to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety for the June 14 hearing on “Strengthening our Workforce and Economy through Higher Education and Immigration.” |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Dreamers; Student Visas; Legislation
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to State and DHS Requesting Support for Ukrainian Students and Scholars
| 2/28/2022 | Letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting flexibility and support for Ukrainian students and scholars currently in the United States, and for students and scholars seeking to leave Ukraine during the current crisis. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Optional and Practical Training; Student Visas
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Comments to the State Department on Proposed Visa Fee Increases
| 2/28/2022 | Comments in response the State Department notice of proposed rulemaking regarding proposed adjustments to the fees for processing several nonimmigrant visa applications, including F-1
student visas and J-1 exchange visitors. |
Topic(s): Regulation; Immigration and International Students
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Comments on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Draft Rule
| 11/29/2021 | From ACE and 45 other higher education associations to the Department of Homeland Security in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals published in September 2021.
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Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Dreamers; Regulation
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Request for Visa Flexibility for Afghan Students and Scholars
| 11/1/2021 | Letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken asking for flexibility in the F-1 and J-1 visa process for students and scholars who have been displaced by the current crisis in Afghanistan. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Comments on Proposed Rulemaking for Public Charge
| 10/22/2021 | Comments to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in response to Department of Homeland Security's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on developing a new proposal for the public charge rule.
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Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Regulation
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Type: Letters and Comments
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