Directive could severely delay visa processing and hurt universities that rely on foreign students for revenue
    • B-TR3E@feddit.orgEnglish
      3·
      2 个月前

      Maybe it’s not safe. They might just react like sodium and water, who could tell?

      • toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 个月前

        see? this is what i mean! there are whole oceans made of sodium and water! if you knew some basic chemistry, you’d at least know that… jeez!

        (this is a joke. i feel compelled to state very clearly that this is a joke)

        • B-TR3E@feddit.orgEnglish
          2·
          2 个月前

          There are no oceans made of sodium and water. There couldn’t even be because sodium and water would react to NaOH and H3O+. There are oceans of water and sodium chlorate because smart people are made from chlorine…

  • expatriado@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    2 个月前

    unless on a scholarship, foreign students pay the highest rate of tuition, which is a win for the US, since either you get the brightest or you get the $$$

    • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
      391·
      2 个月前

      That takes brains, understanding of simple economics, and not being a racist douchbag to get though.

      Way beyond Trump & Goons abilities.

    • miraclerandy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      37·
      2 个月前

      From what I remember seeing, international education in the US is considered an export since the money is coming in typical from their parents bank account. If you consider all fees and cost of living for a student they add a lot to the local economy where they go to school.

    • OutlierBlue@lemmy.caEnglish
      21·
      2 个月前

      Many of them also stick around after they graduate and get productive jobs in the US. You’re effectively skimming intelligent, hard working, educated workers from other countries. There’s literally no downside if you’re not a racist fuckwit.

      • oyo@lemm.eeEnglish
        5·
        2 个月前

        Educated, intelligent people don’t vote Republican.

    • Revan343@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      2 个月前

      The US doesn’t want the brightest, apparently. They’re even doing their best to push their own students out of the country

  • mrsjmccrimmon@feddit.ukEnglish
    16·
    2 个月前

    If it’s all J visas this could also impact (though given it’s already May maybe not too much ) the seasonal student exchange programmes eg summer work in theme parks/summer camps.

    • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      2 个月前

      TBH as an American I’d love more non US posts.

      My hope is that Lemmy gets exponentially more non-US users as our country becomes a Big Tech hellscape, so that I can lurk on here as the “outsider”