The US is driving away international students at a long-term economic cost

For generations, students from around the world have fueled universities in the United States, their top destination by far. Those students don't just sustain a $43 billion export industry in higher education services per year. Many remain after graduation as a key source of high-skill science and engineering workers, and thus innovation and growth in the US economy. That system is now crumbling. The White House has enacted a spate of policies to restrict and repel international students en masse. This shift, if sustained, would hurt the US economy in many ways, according to a new PIIE Policy…