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I guess I just don't believe the notion that ICE made this decision to try and force universities to reopen. It just makes so little sense. I understand that th
by mxcrossr 6y ago
I guess I just don't believe the notion that ICE made this decision to try and force universities to reopen. It just makes so little sense. I understand that this administration's is interested in returning to normalcy, but surely university's aren't high on their priority list?
Meanwhile, we have now four years of evidence that at every moment where they can reduce the number of illegal immigrants to the US, they make that decision. Whether it's banning people based on their religion or kicking out people who have been legally living here for decades as refugees. It just makes far more sense that the administration's real goal here is to reduce the number of foreign students, not to force universities to reopen. The director of homeland security just doesn't want to admit it.
- pm90 6y agoIt can be both. The focus is on the coercion because the Federal Government has very little direct coercive power over Universities; other manners of coercion (like withdrawing funding) would likely get stopped by the courts. But this threat is one way that the administration can hit Universities where it hurts.
- mavelikara 6y ago> Meanwhile, we have now four years of evidence that at every moment where they can reduce the number of illegal immigrants to the US, they make that decision. Did you mean "legal immigrants"?
- mxcrossr 6y agoThat was a typo, thanks for the catch!