How much international students matter to the economy

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  NPR. This is The Indicator from Planet Money.

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  I'm Darian Woods.

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  And today I'm joined by business journalist Talib Fisram.

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  Welcome.

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  Thanks so much for having me.

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  And today you're here to talk about international students.

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  Right.

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  As you know, since March,

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  the Trump administration has been revoking visas from foreign students across the country,

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  from the biggest state school systems to tiny community colleges.

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  They started targeting students with perceived links to pro-Palestinian activism.

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  It's since expanded to include some students with minor infractions with the law.

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  Some universities are advising students not to travel out of the country because of issues some visa holders have had at the border.

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  All of this is leading to panic among some foreign-born students who are now searching

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  for escape routes,

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  like Valentina Tarduno-Poleo.

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  She's from Venezuela and is three years into a physics PhD at NYU,

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  but she's relocating to Oxford University this summer.

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  A PhD is a very long commitment.

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  So I had this idea in my head, this is where I'm going to be for the next five,

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