We've been planning to do an episode on international students visas and the

education system for the past few months. It seems like an underreported

topic that people should know more about, but then it became part of the news.

Students whose schools plan to offer online only classes in the fall will have to transfer or leave the country or

face possible deportation.

Several prestigious American universities are now suing the Trump

administration. The Trump administration back down.

But I don't think it's the end for what we might see from this administration.

You could be forgiven for thinking that student visas are a classic partisan issue in American

politics. Liberals pushing for cultural diversity in a more open society

while conservatives weren't of dangers to national security and American jobs.

But the real story is quite different.

For decades, Republicans and Democrats agreed that a steady pipeline of the world's best

minds into American universities is essential for

our economy, innovation, and competitive advantage with the rest of the world.

It was a system that largely worked.

The Trump administration has taken a

different perspective and the pipeline of international students into American

businesses, hospitals, and research facilities has begun to constrict.

As this happens, other nations have begun picking up the slack.

I'm Gabriel Sierra and this is why it matters.

Today, international students and American competitiveness under threat.

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