Businesses across the region, from North Carolina’s Outer Banks and Williamsburg, rely on the J-1 students to fill integral hospitality positions every year.

Investigators have seized writings that they believe belong to the suspect as they search for a motive in the fatal attack.

As the U.S. government begins reinstating international students’ records following an expansive crackdown, many face a daunting and complicated path toward rebuilding their lives.

This decline is part of a broader tightening of international student admissions. Overall, Canada issued 96,015 study permits in early 2025 — a significant drop from 121,070 the year before.

The Trump administration’s threat to block Harvard from enrolling international students would remove more than a quarter of the university’s student body, a share large enough to rock its campus and,