REDSTATE (Ben Smith) - Trump Tightens Student Visas, and Higher Ed Now Discovers the Cost of Its Foreign-Student Dependence
AI:President Trump is tightening restrictions on student visas, forcing higher education institutions to finally confront the financial consequences of their heavy reliance on foreign students. As universities grapple with the sudden shift in enrollment dynamics, the administration's crackdown aims to prioritize national interests over the massive revenue streams generated by international tuition, signaling a major upheaval for campuses that have long leaned on non-citizens to balance their budgets.Open
WASHINGTONPOST (Todd Wallack) - Foreign student enrollment will fall nearly 10%, report predicts
A report released this week forecasts a decline of about 111,000 international students at U.S. colleges and universities.
BITCHUTE - BANNON: If Universities Are Dependent On Foreign Students, That’s Their Problem, Not The American People’s
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THEFEDERALIST (John and Andy Schlafly) - Trump Admin Finally Cracks Down On Foreign Students Subverting America
For half a century foreigners could enter graduate programs and take many years, far more than four, to complete their doctoral programs while remaining in the U.S. without any deadline to leave.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Trump administration limits duration of visas for foreign students, visitors and journalists
Under the previous rules, those classifications of visas were available for the duration of the program or employment in the U.S.
JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - DHS identifies 10,000+ foreign students working for 'highly suspect' employers
Vice President JD Vance celebrated the announcement, calling it "[a]nother great win for our fraud task force."