Zach Schermele
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first heard May 2025
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So we are not going to be seeing the same sorts of
disruptions and issues with respect to SNAP funding if there is a partial shutdown.
Of course, when it comes to this shutdown and any others, the longer that it goes on, the more hurtful it is to lots of Americans.
You know, I think things can change in Washington very quickly, obviously, and certainly in Trump 2.0.
But what is clear to me at this point, the main difference between this shutdown and the last one, is that there is already a willingness on the part of Republican lawmakers and the White House to try and address some of Democrats' concerns here.
And President Donald Trump has been adamant about
not wanting another shutdown.
And so I think that if we see one, it probably won't be as long as the last, that record-breaking crisis.
But it is still a very notable political moment that we are once again having to have this conversation not very long after, you know, being involved in that historic crisis.
It's just, you know, a testament to the inability of Washington to get things done without really playing hardball right now.
Thanks, Dana.
There have been a lot of actions, and I'll try and tick through a couple of them here. So in March, college officials started checking a federal immigration database that they have to use often. It's called the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, or SEVIS database, and they were really alarmed
to see that the Department of Homeland Security was beginning to quietly remove the records of what ultimately became thousands of foreign students. At first, it wasn't really clear why the students' records were being terminated, but Then the Trump administration later revealed in a court battle that those names of students were being cross referenced with a separate criminal database.
So in some cases, students were being targeted simply for being involved in minor traffic violations. On April 16th, the Department of Homeland Security also threatened to impede Harvard University's ability to enroll students from abroad. And that would be a really unprecedented move that could devastate that campus if the White House moved forward with it.
What's wild is that amid all of that uncertainty at Harvard, that Ivy League school actually allowed international students in the undergraduate college to accept admissions offers from other schools in other countries in case something happened with their immigration status if they came to the U.S.
interesting we'll get to other countries here in a second zach but i i just i'm curious how much money do international students bring to the country and to these schools it's quite a bit right right and american colleges and universities have really long been the most sought after studying destinations for students across the globe hundreds of thousands come to the u.s annually to enroll in both undergraduate programs and graduate programs
In the 2023 to 2024 school year alone, more than 1.1 million foreign students contributed more than $43 billion to the U.S. economy. That's according to the Association of International Educators. That same association also estimates that they supported more than 378,000 jobs.
Yeah, I don't think it's entirely understood by most folks that university budgets and research and teaching programs really rely heavily on the uninterrupted flow of international student enrollments. Unlike domestic students, international students are more likely to pay full tuition prices.
Also, when you think about science, technology, engineering and math graduate programs, STEM focused programs for fields like computer science, for instance, the number of foreign students typically outweighs the number of domestic students. And that dynamic in many cases makes it possible for U.S. born students to enroll in programs that they wouldn't otherwise be able to at certain schools.
The short answer is yes. So for scientists hoping to study in the U.S., the European Union has a clear message, which is come here instead. And colleges are worried that if the Trump administration continues on with some of its policies surrounding immigration and cuts to federal research funding, that students are going to take that leap.
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