WASHINGTON - After weeks of house hunting in New York City, graduate student Katherine Sumantri, 25, finally put in the paperwork to lease an apartment with three other student roommates last Monday .
The sudden change upended Ms Sumantri's plans and those of hundreds of thousands other foreign students, who scrambled to clarify with their colleges whether they were affected. "If the big guns and the pride of the US education system are sticking up for us, I think they will relook something, I hope," said Ms Benita Lim, 33, who is entering the second year of her PhD program in theology and culture at Fuller Seminary in Los Angeles.
"Even though it might take a burden off my shoulders now, it could still happen in the middle of the semester," said Ms Eyu, who is returning to the US on July 15. CHOOSING BETWEEN HEALTH AND EDUCATION Students from Singapore said that the visa rule also forces them to choose between their health and their education, unlike their American classmates who can take classes entirely online and not risk their health.