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In reply to the discussion: My Wife's University is being Gutted [View all]Warpy
(114,569 posts)Their work is too important to keep them out for long.
It will take a while to repair the damage as schools, hospitals, and other research centers in Canada and Europe (mostly) expand to accept these brilliant students.
Once King Gobshite exits, either because the GOP finally realizes he's just too fucking old for another, illegal term or because it's so obvious to everyone his brain has turned to mush that there's a huge grassroots rebellion, there will no longer be any glue to hold that rotten excuse for a party together since they abandoned all their principles in favor of a cult of personality. They've got nohing left and that is going to be painfully obvious as all the power junkies with no charisma fail to capture his crown.
In any case, canceling visas for foreign born researchers is not going to stand for long. It will be difficult to repair, but it will be repaired.
(I worked at MIT and can't imagine how quiet the halls there are getting without foreign students)