Putting University on ICE

Home on the Dot

With the new school year just around the corner, universities are struggling to open safely. In the third of our ongoing Covid-19 episodes, we hear from Jared, a Singaporean and rising Sophomore at Brown University. He shares his evacuation from the U.S. last March, his uncertainty regarding the upcoming semester, and his concerns over a recent announcement by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which threatened the education of international students like Jared. Jared also discusses “Healthy Brown,” the University’s flexible plan designed to protect students in this time of crisis, and he wonders how long he will need to stay home in response to rising coronavirus cases and lingering anti-Asian sentiment in the U.S.