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   Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 11:47:53 JST Matt Blaze

   “Last month I was just worried about my classes. Now I’m worried that I’ll simply disappear.”

   - From email from a talented student whose visa was just summarily cancelled because she’s from the wrong country.

   God damn this.

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     Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 11:47:50 JST Kim Scheinberg

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     @mattblaze
     I'm so sorry, Matt

     What an unbelievably shitty situation for everyone to be in

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     Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 11:47:52 JST Matt Blaze

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     The worst part for me is that I have no words to help or even offer meaningful comfort. I can't imagine how stressful this is, for so many.

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     Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 11:59:50 JST Kim Scheinberg

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     @mattblaze
     Just speaking for me, I try to allow myself grace to acknowledge the helplessness and the moral injury. It feels self-indulgent when others are in much more dire circumstances, but the harm is real

     I'm glad your institution shares your integrity

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     Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 11:59:52 JST Matt Blaze

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     • Kim Scheinberg

     @kims *I'm* fine, of course. But this is so awful to watch, helplessly.

     The one consolation is that my university seems to genuinely have these students' backs.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 21:19:46 JST Rich Felker

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     • Kim Scheinberg

     @mattblaze @kims One thing to check and fight for if they don't already have it covered: remote learning & degree paths for any student deported so they can finish the education they were entitled to.