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I know this is a political and touchy subject but IMHO the new policies will be a defining moment for the USA and it is relevant for tech as US tech is so successful primarily because can access the whole world as a market and can attract all the talent it needs. The things happening in US is going to break this.

If stuff continues as is, USA will have $1T car company for 350M people, $2T company for search and online ads for 350M people and $3T company that tells tablets and phones to 350M people.

How is this going to work really?

USA is going to be fine overall I guess, the country has huge land and plenty of resources and some of the greatest talent out there but do you really want to change your economy in such a way? It will be painful, you will lose all your unfair advantage. I guess a fairer world is a good thing but why are you doing it?

It’s a seriously dark day in America when our government is weaponizing institutions to target political enemies

anyone cheering this on really has no idea how bad this is. higher education is an area in which the US has had a completely dominant position. the smartest and most driven people from all over the world come here to learn, and start businesses here afterwards. it's a tide that raises all ships. it's not at all a mixed bag like outsourcing or the loss of domestic manufacturing.

that dominance is ending now, because of the cruel whims of one man. none of this is based on rules or process. it's the exact kind of fickle brutality people come to this country to escape. the entire thing is like cutting your nose off to spite your face.

What I want to know is what to do about this?

I'm seriously asking. Protest, write letters, call legislators, donate to legal organizations?

It feels like you can be doing all of this and it's not enough.

Only true free-speech advocates require students to swear fealty to Israel before getting a student visa in America

Note: the headline is not talking about visas. What they're talking about is a status field the student visa sponsor, the university, maintains: "Yes, this person really is a student here". The student visas are contingent on the person continuing ongoing studies—a status the university certifies. The Administration is, as I parse it, fraudulently editing these fields through a backdoor, and then using that "They're not an active student at XYZ" status they forged as the basis for revoking the visas.

Seriously, what is the difference between USA and China?

When china used to disappear people for politics, there was a lot of gloating about how the west is better, America is better.

But is there any difference any longer? America is so close to a fascist single party that is just doing things by dictatorship and zero accountability or transparency. What is the difference?

This is flagged now. I guess some people just don't want to see this kind of news. Or they agree with these tactics.

Being a student should not make one immune from deportation.