As President Donald Trump implements a plan to deport illegal immigrants, business firms are raided, and those without 'work permits' are leaving their jobs for fear of being deported.
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Ritika Mainali (name changed) who had rushed to work after finishing college last week returned to her apartment dejected. She was not only disappointed but also stressed when the manager told her that she was fired.
It's time to pay college fees, I'm unemployed now. You can't send me money from Nepal, what should I do now?' she said with tears in her eyes. Reetika, who was studying nursing at a community college in Texas, worked at a 7-Eleven gas station in Irving, Texas.
Working 45 hours a week, she was paying college fees for Janet along with housing, food and snacks. She was also planning to pay off the loan she had taken when she came to America. "Earning from work was fine, the debt imposed on parents was thought to be paid off slowly, now even food has become difficult," she said sadly, "not only me but all my friends are in the same situation." Vimala Pandey (name changed), a postgraduate student at New York University, has a similar complaint. She was also fired this week who was working in a restaurant. She said she was consulting with friends to see if she could find a job when she finally left New York.
'New York is an expensive city, how can I survive here without a job?' She says, 'After being fired from the restaurant, they say I can't risk working in other stores, so I am thinking of leaving this city. But looking at the current situation, it seems that we students do not get jobs anywhere.
She is studying information technology and lives in an apartment with five friends. She said that not only her, but also her friends who live with her are wandering in search of work. Vimala says that all her friends in other states are being asked everyday and some of them have been fired and others have left on their own fearing arrest.
The situation of Nepali students studying in California is also the same. Vikas Pariyar (name changed), who is working full-time at an Exxon gas station, said he was looking for his relatives. "I haven't been fired yet, but I have been told to quit anytime," he says, "that's why I'm thinking of going to where my relatives are." Ritika said that since all her friends who live in the same apartment with her have quit their jobs and are thinking of moving elsewhere because of the high cost, Ritika said that she had to find another option immediately.
Rupesh Sapkota (name changed) has not found a job since he came to a college in Euless, Texas to study. Rupesh from Hetaunda came to Euless to study cyber security while transferring college in search of work. Even after four months since he came from Nepal, he seems sad because he has not found a job.
I came to America seeing a good future, it would be good if I could complete my studies. I need money to study, I have to work for money, I haven't got a job, how can I study now,'' he says. He is saddened to know that it will be very difficult to get a job and that his friends who are working are being fired.
therefore becoming jobless
With President Donald Trump implementing the plan to expel illegal immigrants, it has had a direct impact on Nepali students. Police are raiding thousands of business firms daily in search of illegal immigrants.
At the same time, the police are warning, arresting and expelling some of those who are found working in commercial firms without having a work permit. Nepali students are affected by this. Police can arrest them if they are found working.
Arjun Banjade, president of the National Coordination Council of Non-Resident Nepali Association (ARNA) America, says that there is no provision for foreign students to work in America except for indoor college. He said that not only illegal immigrants, but also anyone who is doing illegal work is being arrested and expelled by the police and Nepali students are also at risk.
I myself teach college in Maryland, I know the situation of students. Now students are in trouble. They are not only jobless, they are also unable to complete their studies," he told Kantipur. "Foreign students cannot work here outside the college. There are very few Nepali students who work with work permits. As it is very difficult for students to get a work permit, they have been working with mutual understanding.
According to ARNA America data, there are currently about 50,000 Nepali students in America. Banjade, President of ARNA National Coordinating Council of America, said that the number of Nepali students in America has been increasing in the last 3 years. He claims that the number of Nepali students in one college is more than 1000. According to him, there are more Nepali students in New York, Texas, California, Virginia, Florida, Oklahoma, Ohio, North Carolina, Colorado, Washington, Maryland and Massachusetts.
There is a provision for foreign students to do indoor college work in America. Because of the limited number of 'indoor college jobs' available at large universities, community college students often have no choice but to find work at professional firms. Indoor college work can be done only after the University takes a 'Social Security Number' (Social Security Registration) and is within the tax scope.
Under this, the college administration can allow up to 20 hours a week to manage the library, resident hall, conference hall, and kitchen. On the one hand, as the number is limited and there is not much time, most of the students look for jobs outside the college. which is illegal in the US.
