@missyann Indeed - and I would add to learn and speak English.

@AmericanAvenger Absolutely!!!
Immigrants who have legally waited years to become US citizens usually want to assimilate

@anythingoes477

If those students are so smart, why didn’t they renew their visas like other people. Or were they doing something that they knew was wrong.

@MarthannBann888 They definitely should have renewed their visas. I agree. Its not optional..........its a requirement to renew as long as they are students. But kids are kids and I think you know most are not known for making great decisions. That is NOT an excuse........their visas should be kept current. But simply deporting them....even with all of the above said...........without due process.....is a violation of the 5th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution................like it or not. The language in both amendments says clearly.........."NO PERSON shall be denied due process".

So negligent in renewing a student visa or not............once on U.S. soil the Constitution says they are to be given due process. To overlook that is true trumper.............."the Constitution don't matter because......."

It DOES matter.

And it also matters that in almost every case we are seeing in the news............those visas were not in need of renewal. Trump is cancelling them before they expire...............which is illegal and unconstitutional. On U.S. soil even non-U.S. citizens have First Amendments right to freedom of speech. However if that freedom of speech is deemed by Trump's boot lickers as being used to say "bad things" (the truth) about Orange Jesus........those visas are being revoked BEFORE they expire. That voids your point that the kids are at fault for not renewing them.

@nedkelly says True as far as it goes. BUT.

The tRump admin has been cancelling many valid student visas. It's not the fault of the student when tRump cancels the visa.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/08/trump-international-student-visas-revoked/82989535007/

@TexChik Exactly right.

@SatanBurger if they are legal immigrants with student visas. They must follow the law and have their visas renewed, and must follow immigration laws and if they choose not to, then it is legal to deport them. They don’t have to commit a violent crime to be deported

It is a privilege to live in the United States. It is not an entitlement.

Are the immigrant’s paying for their education themselves ? Or is the government paying for it?

@missyann And the United States could renew those visas at any given time for the purpose of those students still getting their degrees. You know the real reason the govt chooses not to give students due process and weigh their cases individually, don't lie lol. Not every immigration case should be treated as the exact same way


What is it with this assumption that MAGA has, that anyone not white receives everything for free?

International students typically pay full out-of-state tuition at public universities and often pay more at private ones. They do not qualify for federal financial aid like Pell Grants.

That said, some may receive scholarships funded by the university, private donors, or their home country.

In rare cases, graduate students on research assistantships may receive tuition waivers and stipends but these are usually earned through merit-based programs, not handouts.


Sure, living in the U.S. isn’t a guaranteed right for non-citizens. But that doesn’t mean we should treat people who follow the rules with suspicion or hostility. Immigration policy should be based on fairness and contribution, not on moral superiority by a bunch of xenophobes.

Also, everything is a privilege, if someone wanted to come in and take your rights, they could. If we were at war and another country took over, you wouldn't have rights or at least not in the way you're used to. If for some reason, Trump gets rid of Medicare, people say the same thing about health and education. Some don't believe it at all. I've heard conservatives argue that health is a privilege and that everything we have are privileges.

This is why due process and defending the constitution is important is precisely this.

@SatanBurger Our healthcare system is messed up in this country, but Medichare for everyone is not the answer. Free every thing is not the answer because anything free someone is paying for it.

You are the one who is obsessed with the
“ white privilege “ I don’t care if you’re black, white brown, purple or green a Citizen, or an immigrant no one is entitled to a free higher education.

We have to take care of our own citizens first. I’m not saying that people cannot donate to help immigrants and there are a lot of churches and societies that do help. We just don’t hear about them. We have to take care of our own citizens before we open our borders to immigrants. We have to get control of our borders and the bad elements coming into our country
President Trump is trying to do this

Some of the immigrants being deported have deportation orders from years ago
Some under the Biden administration. There just wasn’t anyone to ensure that they were deported. DHS and ICE has the list of these people. Some haven’t committed any crimes since they received the order, but the fact that they are here illegally justifies deporting them

Unless you are disabled, or elderly public assistance is short term help it is not meant to be a generational way of life. I understand one unplanned pregnancy and needing assistance for a short time, but there is no reason that the American taxpayers should be forced to pay for women to have multiple pregnancies.

Call me racist if you want. I don’t care. I know that I’m not.

Yeah I don't know either

@WowwGirl it works the same. If you need to stay longer you extend legally. If you let it expire you are in violation.

@MasterLee I don't see my ass doing or communicating well in most countries. So? I could have screwed up too maybe in their position.

@SomeMichGuy nice

@GerOttman I just feel bad for some

Simply put

@Mudkip me too