Most Americans will never buy a tractor, but Babak Hafezi, who runs a global consulting firm and teaches international business at American University, says a price spike in such a big-ticket item vital to food production will spill down to all sorts of other items.
Avi is one of about 240,000 people on student visas in the U.S. on Optional Practical Training — a postgraduation period where students are authorized to work in fields related to their degrees for up to three years. A key Trump nominee has said he would like to see an end to postgraduate work authorization for international students.Avi’s visa is valid until next year but he feels “a massive amount of uncertainty.”
He wonders if he can sign a lease on a new apartment. Even his daily commute feels different.“I drive to work every morning, 10 miles an hour under speed limit to avoid getting pulled over,” said Avi, who hopes to stay in the U.S. but is casting a wider net. “I spend a lot of time doomscrolling job listings in India and other places.”Vladyslav Plyaka came to the U.S. from Ukraine as an exchange student in high school. As war broke out at home, he stayed to attend the University of Wisconsin.
He was planning to visit Poland to see his mother but if he leaves the U.S., he would need to reapply for a visa. He doesn’t know when that will be possible now that visa appointments are suspended, and he doesn’t feel safe leaving the country anyway.He feels grateful for the education, but without renewing his visa, he’ll be stuck in the U.S. at least two more years while he finishes his degree. He sometimes wonders if he would be willing to risk leaving his education in the United States — something he worked for years to achieve — if something happened to his family.
“It’s hard because every day I have to think about my family, if everything is going to be all right,” he said.
It took him three tries to win a scholarship to study in the U.S. Having that cut short because of visa problems would undermine the sacrifice he made to be here. He sometimes feels guilty that he isn’t at home fighting for his country, but he knows there’s value in gaining an education in America.De hecho, su nombre aparecía en algunos instructivos para votar, presuntamente ligados al oficialismo, que las autoridades electorales investigan.
Tanto López Obrador como su sucesora han insistido en que así se reducirá la corrupción en los tribunales y se democratizará la justicia. La oposición y muchos juristas nacionales e internacionales lo cuestionan con dureza y creen que ambos dirigentes utilizaron la popularidad de su partido para hacerse con el control de los tres poderes del Estado.Sheinbaum celebró el miércoles el triunfo de Aguilar. “Tengo el privilegio de conocerlo”, dijo. “Es un hombre modesto, sencillo (...) con una enorme inteligencia y sensibilidad social. Muy buen abogado”.
Los problemas de corrupción e impunidad que tiene la justicia en México para todos los ciudadanos se incrementan en el caso de las comunidades indígenas, por su marginación y porque, en muchas ocasiones, no tienen un abogado que hable su idioma.La Suprema Corte se ha pronunciado claramente, entre otras cosas, por el derecho a que que estas personas sean asistidas por intérpretes y defensores en todo tipo de procedimientos, pero también ha evitado pronunciarse sobre cuestiones territoriales, por ejemplo, de despojos ante megaproyectos.