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International students brought $43.8 BILLION into the U.S. economy in one year and supported 378,000+ American jobs. And here’s the part many miss: roughly 63% do not remain in the U.S. long term. We educate them, benefit from their spending, then many take their skills elsewhere. For the senator from Missouri who seems clueless on basic economics: International students likely generate around $950 million to $1 billion+ annually in Missouri economic activity based on enrollment and national averages. That is in the neighborhood of a major Missouri state budget category, including public higher education support. America is one of the few countries lucky enough to have talented people pay us to study here. Only fools treat that like a problem.

Having a workable legal immigration system with predictable norms and expectations is really important in my opinion. Right now it's full of dysfunction.

WOW: here’s an email showing how a USCIS staffer was ordered to include claims in the TPS terminations that had zero empirical evidence. She put her objections in writing to ensure that there would be written proof and because she knew it would open the up to lawsuits.