From Marketplace
Student visa cancellations could hurt U.S. innovation
By Matt Levin
According to the Associated Press, over the past few weeks the Donald Trump administration has revoked the visas or legal status of more than 1,000 international students, both undergraduate and graduate.
Some were involved in protests over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The rationale for canceling the visas of many others remains unclear. Colleges across the country say that often they receive no warning from the federal government before a visa is revoked...
Hany Farid, a UC Berkeley computer science and School of Information professor, worries about the chilling effect the visa cancellations may have on future international enrollment, especially in science and engineering.
“What we are doing in this country now is going to be a generational-long impact,” said Farid. “You are creating a multi-multi-multi-year impact on science and discovery and innovation that will cripple the U.S. 10 years, 20 years, 30 years down the line...”
Hany Farid is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences and the School of Information at UC Berkeley.
