Close one loophole to end the foreign takeover of higher education

Published July 9, 2026 9:21am ET



Over the last two decades, a sea change has occurred in American universities because Congress has allowed higher education to enroll and employ an unlimited number of people from abroad. As a result, universities have become increasingly oriented toward the priorities of their foreign students, staff, and faculty, not American interests.

Regaining control over American universities will require imposing the same reasonable limits on the influx of foreigners that other sectors of our economy already have.

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