Trump Defends Foreign Students as ‘Good’ for US Universities
Trump’s comments offer a contrast with policies his administration has carried out that have targeted international students.
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President Donald Trump defended allowing foreign students to study in the US as a “good” practice and pushed back on a call to reduce their numbers, saying it would be financially destructive to the nation’s higher education system.
“You don’t want to cut half of the people, half of the students from all over the world that are coming into our country — destroy our entire university and college system — I don’t want to do that,” Trump said in an interview with Laura Ingraham that aired Monday on Fox News.