2018, or nearly four times the 8,503 conducted
in fiscal 2015, according to a lawsuit by the
American Civil Liberties Union and other groups.
International students and university instructors
are dealing with “postponements and disruptions
for what have previously been routine
immigration processes such as family visas,
renewals of status, or clearance for international
travel,” Harvard University President Lawrence
Bacow wrote in a July letter to Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo and acting Secretary of Homeland
Security Kevin McAleenan.
The State Department issued just 362,929
student visas in fiscal year 2018, down nearly
half from the 644,233 issued in fiscal 2015,
according to department data.
Ajjawi told The Crimson he still hopes to
join his classmates in time for the start of
classes Tuesday. His family lives in a camp for
Palestinian refugees in the southern Lebanon
port city of Tyre.
As a teenager, Ajjawi made headlines in Lebanon
for being a top scorer on primary and secondary
school exams. The family’s home is filled with
certificates of excellence and appreciation, and
he said he plans to study medicine.
“I want to become a doctor because there are
a lot of things in medicine that have not been
discovered yet,” Ajjawi told a station in Lebanon
this year.
In an Al-Araby TV interview that aired Friday
as his son was flying to the U.S., Bassel Ajjawi
had this message for his son: “I am very proud
of you and hope you will be an exemplary
representative of the Palestinian people abroad.”
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