Missing the point

 

"Nobody told us that!"  The man is so effing ignorant. 

Pretty sure the government has that information, along with the knowledge of "who these foreign students are."  They do have to apply for student visas through the government, after all.

And what happened to "Thank you for your attention to this matter"?

Foreign college students generally pay their own tuition.  So I looked up Harvard's practice...

Undergraduate Financial Aid: Harvard College operates on a need-blind admission policy and provides need-based financial aid to all admitted students, including international students.

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Financial aid for graduate students varies by program and may include scholarships, fellowships, assistantships, and loans. Prospective students should check with their specific graduate school for detailed information on available financial aid options.

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Attending Harvard University as an international student involves significant financial investment. Understanding the various costs associated with tuition, living expenses, health insurance, and additional fees is essential for effective financial planning. While the costs may seem daunting, Harvard’s robust financial aid programs and opportunities for part-time work can help make this prestigious education accessible to students from diverse economic backgrounds.

  

One more thing: Trump's own best friend countries are not friendly to us.

Furthermore...

According to NAFSA data, international students at Harvard contribute approximately $383.6 million annually to the area economy, supporting around 3,910 jobs.

In the 2023-2024 academic year, Harvard’s international students made up 54.5 percent of the total spending by foreign students studying in Massachusetts’s 5th Congressional District.

The state sees almost $4 billion a year in foreign students’ spending, with Harvard making up around 10 percent of that.

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Harvard students are top innovators in the country, with foreign-born alumni leading dozens of successful startups.

Besides their business contributions, international students more broadly make up a sizeable portion of spending in their areas, throwing almost $44 billion into the U.S. economy.

“We turn global talent away at our own expense. Losing international students’ contributions will negatively impact domestic students’ understanding of the world and have dire consequences for the country’s economic strength, security, and global competitiveness,” said Fanta Aw, executive director and CEO of the Association of International Educators, or NAFSA, in a statement.

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Around two-dozen billion-dollar U.S. startups were founded by foreign students who studied at Harvard, according to an analysis from Axios.

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For every three international students, one job was created in the U.S., according to NAFSA. In total, foreign students supported or created almost 380,000 jobs.

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And the effects could soon ripple out. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made clear in her announcement of the Harvard ban that other colleges that displease the Trump administration could follow suit, calling it “a warning to every other university to get your act together.”

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Along with saying new international talent cannot come to Harvard, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week demanded that current foreign students leave the school for other colleges.

A judge on Friday temporarily blocked the move and scheduled a hearing for Thursday to consider a longer pause.

  The Hill