Going Back Is Not an Option for Some Venezuelan Students in U.S.
International students will lose their visas unless they attend programs with in-person classes, but many campuses remain closed to limit Covid contagion.
People stand in front of a mural of the late President Hugo Chavez while waiting to fill cooking gas canisters in Caracas on March 26.
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New U.S. immigration rules have sent students from Venezuela into a panic about returning to a homeland in crisis.
Christian Garcia, who won a grant to finish high school in Germany and now studies international political economy at the College of Idaho, says he is considering seeking political asylum or an internship in order to stay in the U.S. if he can’t keep his student visa.