Kicking Out Foreign Students Is a Loss for America

Imagine a country that invites the world’s best students to study there, only to deport them over a traffic violation.

That country could soon be America, as the Trump administration has begun revoking the legal status of foreign students. The government has provided little to no explanation for this measure, and some students have sued over allegedly illegitimate revocations due to minor or discharged offenses that don’t merit termination of their visas.

Revoking legal status en masse for unclear or illegitimate reasons contributes to a climate of uncertainty that will drive the best and brightest students into other countries, upending their lives and depriving the U.S. of massive talent.