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So President Trump has been getting a bit of hot water among his base, especially after a recent

appearance on the Laura

Ingram show, where she pressed him about the number of foreign Chinese students being admitted

to the U.S. and support for bringing in H-1B visa users, even as the tech sector fires thousands

of Americans. It's deflated part of his base who may feel like he's backing away from his

earlier promises,

and I think that it's important in this rhetoric to really break down these issues and what's

actually been happening in some numbers behind it. So first on foreign student and visas holders

in America. During the 2023, 2024 school year, America had 1.1 million foreign students in

the country. Now, despite Trump's

rhetoric on wanting to admit hundreds of thousands of Chinese students, President Trump's

administration has tightened the rules around visas for foreign students, namely that their

visas are only as good as long as they're enrolled in school. Currently, the visas actually

allow students to stay in the

country longer than the duration of their time in school. So they can stay for an extra year or two,

even after they're done with college. He's also required now vetting procedures to look at students'

social media posts. You know, it'd be good if we found out if there's a student who's out there

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