Republican senators delete concerns that top -class arrests and deportations of foreign students are a group that is A Main representative in the US economy.
International students introduced 43.8 billion US dollars to the United States last year, an crucial economic inflow that has recovered from a great downturn during pandemic. California, New York and Texas are the states with the highest rate of foreign students.
However, some Republican senators say that Foreign Minister Marco Rubio concerns student visa cancellations, top-class arrests and the punishment of deportations of student protesters on the protection of American national security, although many of the exact charges are unknown and sealed before the courts.
While Rubio said he had cancelled More than 300 visas are unclear how many of them are for foreign students.
“You can” be a capital for the US economy, said Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) about the students. But he put his full support behind the root of people of the Trump government, of whom he says that they support or sympathize with terrorist organizations, even though lawyers and supporters say that they only do freedom of speech.
“I hope it has a terrifying impact on anti -Semites and racists and those who are violently molested if they come to this country,” said Cruz. “I want everyone to stay away and those who are here to go home immediately to their own countries and not to threaten the Americans here at home.”
Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Former head coach of Auburn University, said that foreign students can be a capital for the US economy, but incorrectly claimed that they would take university slots from Americans.
“The problem is that we reject many qualified students in America that are replaced by foreign students, and that shouldn’t happen,” said Tuberville.
The colleges are referred to as the “registration cliff” for which colleges are preparing Drops of stake How the number of newborn Americans sinks.
The enrollment in college has been in a downward tendency since the recession, since the birth rates in the United States have also slowed down. According to the centers for the control and prevention of diseases, the birth rates have dropped by 23 percent from 2007 to 2022.
The number of visitors to foreign students has recovered from 1.1 million in the USA in the school year 2023-2024.
With the raise in the enrollment of international students, according to the association for international educators and JB International, these individuals recorded an raise of $ 43.8 billion.
They also make up an estimated part of the workforce, since students born abroad who receive their degree in the USA often remain after their conclusion. According to a study by the National Foundation for American Policy from 2018, one of four billion dollar startups in America was founded by former international students.
However, universities and supporters say that the political atmosphere of the United States and the public arrests cause concerns about the security of foreign students and that they could contribute to a decline in those who select the United States as the goal for overseas studies.
The administration has created an environment, “terrorization of students and faculties for their exercise of the right to adjust the right in the past, intimidating these rights now and not being silent that the government will discuss”, three academic groups “, three academic groups argue in a lawsuit The attempted measures by the administration are questioned to deport foreign students.
One of the best -known arrests is the Green Card Holder Mahmoud KhalilThe senior negotiator of the Pro-Palestinian camp at Columbia University last spring, which graduated in December.
He was arrested in February and is still in the detention of immigration and customs authorities (ICE) while his case is being negotiated. Since his arrest, around 10 top -class cases to revoke and kick individuals from the country, from international students to foreign professors.
In the court proceedings, the Federal Government rarely pulled out a law before the legal law in which the State Secretary can eliminate the immigration status of a non -citizen if it threatens the United States foreign policy.
“Safety check takes place from the time of each application, by the decision of the visa and then during the validity period of each visa issued to ensure that the person can continue to travel to the USA,” said the Foreign Ministry in a declaration on the hill. “The Foreign Ministry will continue to work closely with the Department of Homeland Security to manage and enforce the US immigration laws.”
The arrests not only concentrated on the Ivy League, the Blue State Universities, but also met states like Alabama with two Republican senators.
Ice was arrested by ICE, the Iranian National Alireza Doroudi, doctoral student at the University of Alabama. David Rozas, a lawyer who represents Doroudi, told NBC News that he is “confused” about Doroudi’s arrest and was not aware of the allegations of misconduct.
“We don’t believe that he is suspected of having committed crimes or participating in political activities,” said Rozas.
A Turkish student at Tufts University War arrested On the street of Plain Clothes Officer’s last month and taken away in a non -marked van. Rumeysa Ozturk wrote an op-ET for her school newspaper that defended Palestine, but it is unclear whether she is doing protest activities.
“The reason for this arrest seems to be the expression of this student in their political views. In this case, we are calling for a complete proper procedure and are looking for answers to this case and for the guidelines of ICE, which have led to the identification and arrest of university with valid status,” wrote democratic legislators in a letter to the distribution of the ministry in relation to Ozturk arrest.
Most have a well-known background to participate in Pro-Palestinian protests on campus or the support of Palestine on campus, which are publicly known.
Two of the cases caused by the federal government saw how the foreign students left the country alone, a step that the Trump government referred to as “self-reports”.
And the Republicans continue to provide Chinese students who come to the United States and continue to build a bull eye and build concerns for years whether Beijing is recruiting its citizens who study at American universities to carry out espionage.
Secret service officers have warned of the phenomenon and the Center for Strategic International Studies Found several beliefs Against Chinese professors who work at US universities. However, there have been less accusations against foreign students from China.
In March, the chairman John Moolsaar (R-Mich.) The Committee of the House from China sent a letter to six universities in which she applied for information about his guidelines for the enrollment of Chinese foreign students into advanced StEM programs.
The chairman also asked the question of whether these students should be approved in federal research.
“The China Communist Party has set up a well-documented, systematic pipeline for researchers in leading US institutions in order to make direct technological technologies with military applications with double use,” said Moolenaar.
“America’s student visa system has become a Trojan horse for Beijing, offers unrestricted access to our best research institutions and a direct threat to our national security.
Sen. Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) Introduced laws in the past month that would prevent all Chinese nationals from studying in the USA A The companions Bill was presented in the house by Rep. Riley Moore (Rw.Va.).
Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) also commented on Chinese students in the United States, who were hired by Beijing.
“I think we have to see in which areas you study. For example, if you study nuclearphysics, or other sensitive national security issues that should be a topic of concern,” he said.
But he also said that foreign students in the United States can be an crucial tool from the American cushioned power to “introduce” them and “why they should be our friend”.
However, the Trump government has brought a sledge hammer to many of the cushioned electrical tools, which eliminates the US Agency for International Development, which provided services that range from life-saving support to scholarships. Cut to almost the entire global community; And threatens enemy takeover of allied countries such as Greenland from Denmark, Annect Canada or the renewed property of the Panama Canal.
And some do not rely on the US justice system to protect them from Trump’s procedure against foreign students.
“In view of what we saw in the United States, I have lost the belief that a favorable decision by the courts would guarantee my personal security and my ability to express my beliefs,” said Momodou Taal, a foreign student who recently said the Trump government who left the country in a statement. “I have lost faith. I could walk through the streets without being kidnapped.”
