The impact of this on academia will be devastating. We have so many international scholars getting green cards via their employment (myself included). Having to leave their jobs for weeks and months for a consular application is going to be so disruptive.
Chenxin Li, PhD
🚨 🚨 🚨 NEW: A shocking @USCIS memo seems to declare that hundreds of thousands of immigrants living in this country and applying for green cards must instead apply for visas abroad; which could MASSIVELY disrupt lives.
🧵 on what we know, and what we don’t.