GEO and visa reform

February 11th, 2005 | by aobaoill |

The GEO (my union) is campaigning on visa-immigration reform, specifically the ability of students to travel in and out of the country. As they say:

visa restrictions and lengthy security checks have created an increasingly difficult situation for international students, post-doctoral scholars, and other academics studying and working in the United States.

Some students have had difficulty re-entering the United States, and this causes people to worry about, for example, going home to attend funerals or visit sick relatives. Since international students are meant to maintain their social linkages in their home countries (your visa depends on your stated intention to seek to leave the country when you finish) this situation is somewhat contradictory.

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