Kenyan students, scholars rattled by Trump directive
The Trump administration is using the decisions of colleges and universities to switch to online classes as a basis to deny foreign students visa. FILE PHOTO
Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and several other universities have moved to the federal court to block the implementation of the order.
The universities say there is the risk of foreign students being detained or deported should they be deemed to have disobeyed the directive.
An order by US President Donald Trump (right) requiring foreign students to leave the country in two months as universities across America switch to online courses has sparked anxiety among Kenyan learners.
Prof Kefa Otiso, a Kenyan lecturer at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, said Mr Trump’s directive is punitive.
