During the 2024 presidential campaign, anti-Jewish student protest emerged at universities at Harvard, Columbia and others.
University presidents testified at Congressional hearings making excuses and stating that foreign students from abroad were just exercising their free speech.
At that time, then, candidate Trump said if elected, he would put a stop the discrimination these school allowed on their campuses.
Now, because of security importance, the Trump administration has announced a halt to the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students wanting to study in the U.S., while the State Department plans to expand the social media vetting process.
The White House believe there is an increase of Chinese influence from the communist countries infiltrating higher education along with those coming from Arab countries looking to disrupt Jewish students. “We want to deny all communists and Marxists,” says the White House.
With the student visa crackdown, Florida colleges and universities will see an effect as Florida has the second-highest proportion of immigrant students right behind Minnesota.
Numbers show Florida with just over 19% of the college population born abroad. There are 1,020,000 students enrolled in higher education in Florida, 196,000 of which are first-generation immigrant students.
“These statistics show that first-generation immigrant students make up a significant proportion of the higher education population in many states, particularly in Minnesota, Florida, and coastal states like California and New York,” said Lindsey Harris, Managing Attorney at Shoreline Immigration, highlights the vital contribution of immigrants to our nation’s educational landscape and future workforce.
Data shows reveals these students make up 32% of all college students nationwide in 2022, up from 20% in 2000.
