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It isn't. The problem is that everyone thinks they'll be screened for political views, because of prior statements by the white house.


This is not a hypothetical. Folks have already been deported just for having contrarian views to the administration that are well within bounds of a polite bar argument about politics.


They will be. They tried to deport a foreign student for writing an article critical of Israel.


Could you say what that case was? I'm curious what the article actually said. Simply "critical of Israel" is surely not accurate because even Trump himself has recently been critical of Israel. It's completely normal to criticize countries.



Trump is king, he can do what he wants. Foreign students trying to do that, he'll kick them out. The rules are very clear




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