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You forgot one: 7) Lost rent to the landlord in the college town, and their ability to fill the apartment/room (doubtful).

• burkaman 6y ago
  Of course, there's many more. - Lost reputation (if there's any left) among embassies that will have to work to repatriate these students for no reason. - Lost business at supermarkets, bookstores, cafes, whatever else. - Many students are probably just going to transfer to a college that's holding in-person classes rather than deal with this, putting them in danger and disrupting their education. - Lost societal contributions from future college graduates who may no longer want to live and work in this country. - Massive waste of government resources as ICE agents try to deport people to countries that aren't accepting flights from America. - Waste of everyone's resources as the government and universities work through this inevitable court case. - Loss of future international students who are now seeing an example of how arbitrary and capricious the US government can be that hits a little too close to home. - Endangering the lives of faculty and students and neighborhoods of every college that is now forced to hold in-person classes because they can't afford to sue the United States government and don't expect this lawsuit to succeed. - Waste of fossil fuels for completely pointless international flights. - etc. etc. etc.