Article Summary

This article reports that the Trump administration's immigration policies significantly reduced legal immigration, especially for international students and high-skilled workers, through executive orders and visa restrictions, while having less impact on illegal border crossings. It uses data from the Cato Institute and highlights specific actions—like visa cancellations, country-based bans, and court-blocked attempts to halt enrollments—to argue these policies were extreme and harmful to U.S. education and economic interests. The article emphasizes consequences for students and universities but doesn't include the administration's reasoning or broader security and labor concerns often cited in support of tighter controls.