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Is university enrollment down? Have any universities gone out of business? Less foreign students means less illegal visa overstays.
Enrollment is down. Not sure if some have gone out of business, but it might be just a matter of time. It is not common for international students to overstay. You might as well shut down tourism too if that is a main concern.
Enrollment is down. Not sure if some have gone out of business, but it might be just a matter of time. It is not common for international students to overstay. You might as well shut down tourism too if that is a main concern.
Not common? The 3.73% visa overstay rate for foreign students is nearly double the next highest category of 2% for Non-VWP business or tourist category. Granted, the absolute number of business and tourist overstays is much higher because the expected departures is 8x greater. The lowest category at 0.4% is business or tourists from VWP (Bisa Waiver Program) countries.
It's not a primary concern of mine but visa overstays are always thrown out there as the greater problem by those defending illegal migrants trying to thwart border control.
If you think USA is racist, it shows you have never traveled internationally, except to maybe Canada and some parts of western Europe.
I've been to Europe, Asia, Latin America, Oceania in addition to Canada.
The US's blue states are not racist for the most part. But the red states..... oh boy.
During my travel, many people I encountered would asked me about Trump, usually in the form of, "WTF is wrong with your country? Is it safe for me to travel there?" I tried to make them aware that places that support Trump are usually backwoods craphole that they would never go to. It's still safe to visit places they want to visit - San Francisco, Los Angeles, NYC, etc.
Not common? The 3.73% visa overstay rate for foreign students is nearly double the next highest category of 2% for Non-VWP business or tourist category. Granted, the absolute number of business and tourist overstays is much higher because the expected departures is 8x greater. The lowest category at 0.4% is business or tourists from VWP (Bisa Waiver Program) countries.
It's not a primary concern of mine but visa overstays are always thrown out there as the greater problem by those defending illegal migrants trying to thwart border control.
Hmm. I wonder how much of that was impacted by the political rhetoric during the 2016 campaign? For example, according to Wikipedia:
On December 7, 2015, as a candidate for president, Donald Trump called for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on."
I could see parents being a bit concerned about that sort of talk by the selected Republican candidate. People have to plan ahead for their kids education, and this would plant a huge seed of doubt.
How can that be. Hillary was in a lock to win. Were they afraid of that?
when they would have signed on for the fall 2016 semester, Hillary's Presidency was a foregone conclusion.
others are free to google Rachel Banks NAFSA and see this isn't the first time she's blamed Trump for the 10% decrease in foreign students. I believe someone put the number at 30,000 decrease? Among 50 states and perhaps 1,000 colleges and universities. And why in heck would foreign students - other than Canadians - come to a community college in Washington state?
Not in the countries I visited in 2016. Foreign media don't report polls, it's boring. They report sensational stuff when it comes to the US and Trump dominated the headlines about America. There are those who didn't know who he was running against - all they knew was that this racist, crazy, lying, foreigners hating old man was the nominee.
I've been to Europe, Asia, Latin America, Oceania in addition to Canada.
The US's blue states are not racist for the most part. But the red states..... oh boy.
During my travel, many people I encountered would asked me about Trump, usually in the form of, "WTF is wrong with your country? Is it safe for me to travel there?" I tried to make them aware that places that support Trump are usually backwoods craphole that they would never go to. It's still safe to visit places they want to visit - San Francisco, Los Angeles, NYC, etc.
I've been to Europe, Asia, Latin America, Oceania in addition to Canada.
The US's blue states are not racist for the most part. But the red states..... oh boy.
During my travel, many people I encountered would asked me about Trump, usually in the form of, "WTF is wrong with your country? Is it safe for me to travel there?" I tried to make them aware that places that support Trump are usually backwoods craphole that they would never go to. It's still safe to visit places they want to visit - San Francisco, Los Angeles, NYC, etc.
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Did you ask a follow up during your trips to Asia, say China, and ask them WTF is wrong with their government? Or to Thailand and ask WTF is wrong with their king and why do they still have one?
Looks like most of the USA is a backwoods craphole no one wants to go to.
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