The health crisis reached almost every corner of the planet

It is no secret that the Coronavirus pandemic spread rapidly and uncontrollably around the world, as it is highly contagious through human contact, unleashing a global health crisis unprecedented in recent history of mankind. In fact, COVID-19 reached almost every corner of the planet, risking international traffic, the global economy, and extremely vulnerable territories and communities.

Naturally, the global sanitary emergency not only affected the health system of most countries, if not all, but also brought a devastating economic crisis, leaving thousands of families unemployed across the world and impacting other important sectors of society such as immigration.

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The global pandemic also affected the US’ education sector

In the case of the US, the country with the largest economy in the world, the highest immigration levels, and the main epicenter of the pandemic, the sanitary crisis also affected different sectors apart from the health and economic system.

To give a specific example, since the health emergency almost completely stopped international transit around the world for a considerable period of time, the education sector also felt the strong impact of 2020. This is mainly because, annually, foreign students invest between $40 and $50 billion to be able to get into colleges and universities in the US.

Through this large economic contribution, local educational institutions can offer subsidies and discounts to American students, improve their facilities and infrastructure, offer optimal service to foreign students, and increase the international educational standard.

However, dozens of colleges and universities, including those internationally recognized, have felt the impact of the pandemic due to the shortage of foreign students and the decrease in enrollment during 2020 and even during the first half of 2021.

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Colleges and Universities ask Biden to protect foreign students

Now that President Joe Biden is leading the current administration, which has a more welcoming stance on immigration compared to the Trump administration, colleges and universities that benefit from the presence of foreign students hope that it will remove restrictions on the immigration system and attract talent from abroad by all possible means.

In fact, according to a recent report by Politico, several higher education institutions are urging the Biden administration to expedite pending immigration processes and reduce the backlog of immigration cases resulting from Trump’s restrictive policies and the health crisis, and thus be able to attract international students who contribute greatly to local educational institutions through their economic investment and the talent and innovation they bring from abroad.

Adding to that, several experts state that failing to attract international students would be devastating for the US in the long run as these brilliant foreigners not only keep the education sector’s economy afloat, but also participate in innovative entrepreneurship projects, which create jobs for the local population.

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