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Travel Ban Leaves Student Stranded, Seeks Schools Abroad

1/26/2026

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The travel ban enacted by the U.S. President Donald Trump affected students from 12 countries, including Patrick Thaw, a University of Michigan student.
Patrick Thaw left the United States for an internship in Singapore and could not renew his visa.
He said, "If I knew it was going to go down this badly, I wouldn’t have left."
He later applied to colleges in Canada and Australia.

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Story summary

The travel ban enacted by the U.S. President Donald Trump affected students from 12 countries, including Patrick Thaw, a University of Michigan student.
Patrick Thaw left the United States for an internship in Singapore and could not renew his visa.
He said, "If I knew it was going to go down this badly, I wouldn’t have left."
He later applied to colleges in Canada and Australia.