United States is no longer a safe destination for international students | Education

One cannot underestimate the precarity that orders the lives of international students in the United States.

I remember making my maiden journey from Kolkata to upstate New York as an international student to pursue an undergraduate degree at a small liberal arts college. This was back in 2003 when the US-led so-called “war on terror” was in full swing. The US had invaded Iraq only a few months before my arrival in New York.

Be it the on-campus jingoism inspired by America’s battle…