{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stanton.house.gov/2020/10/stanton-leads-colleagues-urging-trump-administration-pause-rule-would-harm", "Stanton Leads Colleagues in Urging Trump Administration to Pause Rule That Would Harm Arizona\u2019s Universities", "2020-10-16", "2020", "2020-10", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Greg Stanton", "S001211", "stanton.house.gov", "stanton", "https://stanton.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Rep. Greg Stanton led members of the Arizona Congressional delegation in a letter to the Office of Management and Budget calling for a 30-day extension of the comment period for a proposed U.S. Department of Homeland Security rule that would impact Arizona\u2019s higher education institutions. The comment period is scheduled to close Oct. 26.\n\nSen. Kyrsten Sinema and Reps. Ann Kirkpatrick, Ruben Gallego and Tom O\u2019Halleran also signed onto the letter.\n\nThe proposed rule would limit international student visa lengths, place additional restrictions on student visas based on an individual\u2019s country of origin and endanger the academic careers of more than one million international students. If the rule were to move forward, Arizona\u2019s universities could lose thousands of talented international students and their contributions to the institutions and surrounding communities.\n\nA 2018 report from NAFSA: Association of International Educators found that the nearly 23,000 international students enrolled across the state contributed $727.6 million to Arizona\u2019s economy and supported 8,745 jobs. International students who attended Arizona State University contributed the most at $365 million and housed 4,687 of those supported jobs. Arizona is also ranked as the top 14 destination in the United States for international students.\n\n\"As members who represent Arizona in Congress, it is our job to support our world class universities that attract over 22,000 students from around the world who choose to learn from our educators and substantially contribute to our state\u2019s economy,\u201d the co-signers wrote. \u201cWith the current deadline fast approaching and the COVID-19 pandemic straining institutions of higher education who are hard at work ensuring their students have the resources they need, we believe given the importance of this proposed rule that these institutions should be given ample amount of time to express the impact of the policy.\"\n\nEarlier this month, Stanton joined more than 100 of his colleagues in calling on Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf to reconsider the proposed rule, citing international students\u2019 economic impact and meaningful contributions to universities\u2019 research, culture, and academic life.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-28T00:34:36Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://stanton.house.gov/2020/10/stanton-leads-colleagues-urging-trump-administration-pause-rule-would-harm"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.891147181391716, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}