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US Anti-Plugs

Whenever I come across a media mention of how the US is screwing up immigration, tech, etc., I add it to this list. This is the counterpart to the Waterloo plugs page.

Being an American, it pains me to add entries to this page...


July 13, 2021 - Woe, Canada: U.S. lawmakers lament skilled immigrants moving north: With reform efforts stalled, U.S. politicians look at Canadian policies

September 10, 2020 - Covid-19 Interrupts Flow of Foreign Students to U.S.: The question for colleges and universities is: Will they come back when the pandemic is over?

August 6, 2020 - The Trump administration’s no-blanks policy is the latest Kafkaesque plan designed to curb immigration

May 10, 2020 - Donald Trump’s rhetoric is steadily chasing Indians out of the US—towards Canada

Oct 14, 2019 - Iranian students barred from US: lost money, broken dreams, no answers: They had been accepted to prestigious postgraduate programs, many in California, but they got no further than the airport

Fall, 2019 - Has President Trump Scared Away All the Foreign Students?

May 30, 2018 - The US is limiting visas for Chinese international students majoring in tech: The latest victim in the technology race is students

May 6, 2018 - The disappearing Chinese student visa: There was a 17% drop in international students in the U.S. last year, mostly due to the 28% decline in Indian students and a 24% decline in Chinese students receiving visas.

Chinese student visas

April 25, 2018 - Trump's H-1B curbs are putting off foreign students and choking the US economy.

March 23, 2018 - FBI Director Defends Remarks That Chinese People In U.S. Pose Threats: Wray has received immense backlash from Asian-American civil rights organizations for his comments about "the China threat."

March 23, 2018 - Don't Slam the Door on Chinese Students: Reducing student visas for foreigners is self-defeating and un-American.

March 11, 2018 - Visas Issued to Foreign Students Fall, Partly Due to Trump Immigration Policy: Fewer foreign students exacerbate financial challenges for some U.S. universities.

March 5, 2018 - Fewer international grad students are seeking computer science degrees in the U.S. for the first time in years: The number of international students enrolling in American universities is declining for the first time in years, amid volatile shifts in U.S. immigration policy.

January 24, 2018 - H-1B visa hopefuls, green card holders are feeling the wrath of 'America first' Trump

January 18, 2018 - Fewer international students coming to US for grad school in science and engineering: Science and engineering fields saw a 6 percent decrease in international graduate students from the fall of 2016 to the fall of 2017, and almost all of that decrease was concentrated in two fields: computer science and engineering.

January 3, 2018 - Trump may deport thousands of Indian H-1B visa holders as they wait for green cards