The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board on Friday slammed recent comments by Vice President Vance on foreign students as a “false choice” amid tensions between the Trump administration and higher education institutions.
In an interview on Newsmax’s “Greg Kelly Reports” late last month, Vance said that an “idea that American citizens don’t have the talent to do great things, that you have to import a foreign class of servants and professors to do these things, I just reject that.”
The Journal noted Vance’s comments in a Friday opinion piece, alongside other comments in which he said “we invest in our own people” and that he believes “that's actually an opportunity for American citizens to really flourish” when it comes to international student visa restrictions.
“This is a classic false choice. Of course the U.S. has talent and should invest in it. But welcoming foreign students doesn’t hinder Americans,” the editorial board said in their piece.
“The cold, hard numbers show that too few Americans are pursuing STEM fields to meet the future needs of business and government. Of all U.S. bachelor’s degrees, biology and engineering fields make up about 13%,” they added.
Earlier this week, limits were placed on foreign student visas at Harvard University by President Trump.
“Admission into the United States to attend, conduct research, or teach at our Nation’s institutions of higher education is a privilege granted by our Government, not a guarantee,” Trump said in a Wednesday proclamation restricting the visas.
In recent months, the Trump administration has targeted multiple higher education institutions over alleged inaction on campus antisemitism and policies around transgender athletes.
“Does the Trump Administration want to stop illegal immigration, or nearly all legal immigration, including foreign students? The evidence is growing that it wants the latter, which will sharply reduce the human capital the U.S. needs to prosper,” the Journal editorial board wrote.
The Hill has reached out to Vance’s office for comment.
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