Economics
MIT President Says Immigrant Travel Ban Will Hurt U.S. Economy
- Rafael Reif sees U.S. losing edge in getting best students
- He moved to U.S. from Venezuela in 1974 to attend Stanford
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If higher education is under attack from restrictive U.S. immigration policies, the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology considers it a personal battle.
Rafael Reif, an immigrant from Venezuela, has emerged as a vocal critic of President Donald Trump in the past year, initially responding to the White House travel ban targeting Muslim-majority countries. Reif, 67, has spoken out more recently against a tax overhaul that includes a levy on endowments of large, private colleges.