> On the subject of surveilling foreign students without warrants and demanding schools hand over data when asked, fuck off. While I agree with your sentiment,

> On the subject of surveilling foreign students without warrants and demanding schools hand over data when asked, fuck off. While I agree with your sentiment, keep in mind that every university (public or private) in the US needs the government's approval to allow foreign students to study on their campus. If you set up a new college, there's a whole process you need to do to get that status, and to maintain it. As an example, pre-9/11, universities were lax with students who were out of status (including Elon Musk). After 9/11, the government gave them a clear message: If they don't report it, or continue to give them documents of legality when they were clearly out of status, the government would revoke the university's ability to have international students study there. To a large extent, they do get to dictate rules for foreign students. How much of that has been tested in courts - I don't know. Freedom of speech is a tricky topic.