"It found that more than half of respondents, 53 percent, felt "not at all safe." About 88 percent reported feeling a decreased sense of belonging and said they were holding back from political engagement, and 86 percent changed how they use social media out of fear. The majority, 90 percent, reported feeling "moderately," "very" or "extremely" fearful about their visa status."
"Students detailed their fears further in qualitative responses, including one that expressed fear of "being kidnapped by ICE without due process, being disappeared into the detention system, [and] being denied healthcare if detained." Others described fears about family members being whisked away or about disrupted academic and career trajectories. Chinese students in particular raised concerns about being surveilled and targeted as a national security threat, invoking Japanese Americans' incarceration during World War II, according to the report."
Eighty-seven international graduate and undergraduate students from 36 U.S. colleges reported widespread fear, uncertainty, and diminished belonging. Fifty-three percent felt "not at all safe," 88 percent reported decreased belonging and avoided political engagement, and 86 percent altered social media use out of fear. Ninety percent reported moderate to extreme fear about visa status. Qualitative accounts described fear of detention by ICE without due process, denial of healthcare if detained, family separations, and disrupted academic and career trajectories; Chinese students reported concerns about surveillance and being targeted as national-security threats, invoking Japanese American World War II incarceration. Campuses offered mental health care, travel guidance and visa updates, yet 48 percent lacked guidance on completing studies and 38 percent lacked legal aid; several students discouraged studying in the U.S.
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