Tips for Advising Campuses in a Time of Immigration Uncertainty

Here are some tips on pressing questions from the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration for international students.  The questions include  

Is domestic airplane travel OK?

How about electronic devices? Can those be searched at the airport or border?

What is some general advice for international students and scholars on campus now?

What does this all mean for DACA recipients?

What does this mean for undocumented parents of students who want to fly within the United States?

Going beyond travel advice, are there other ways campuses can prepare for new immigration enforcement priorities?

Is the “protected areas” memo, which said ICE enforcement should not take place at locations such as campuses, churches, and hospitals, still in effect?

Is it true that the Trump administration and Congress plan to cut back F-1 STEM OPT and the H-1B program and to raise the minimum salary requirements for H-1B workers?

Anything else I should know?

KJ