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Terrorist Visa. That’s what we should call it.

THE SCAM YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT

The Student Visa Scam: How Foreign Agitators Exploit America’s Open Doors

Let me paint you a picture of what’s happening right now in the heart of New York Citya scene that should make every red-blooded American’s blood boil. A Columbia University student, Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist, was arrested this week after leading a series of anti-Israel protests on campus. This guy wasn’t just holding a sign or chanting slogans; he was a ringleader, stirring up chaos, clashing with the NYPD, and turning one of America’s most prestigious universities into a battleground. And now, the Trump administration is seeking his deportation. Good! But here’s the kicker—this guy was here on a student visa. That’s right, another foreign national let into our country under the guise of “education,” only to become a full-blown nuisance, a threat to public order, and a symbol of everything wrong with our broken immigration system.

Mahmoud Khalil
His name alone should have sent warning signs, but it did not. This isn’t some innocent exchange student trying to better his life. According to reports, Khalil was a key organizer of Columbia’s anti-Israel demonstrations that have disrupted campus life, intimidated students, and even led to violent clashes with police. Just today, we saw protests erupt across New York City in response to his detention—more chaos, more division, all thanks to a pro-Hamas scumbag who shouldn’t have been here in the first place. This is what happens when you let extremists into your country without proper vetting. And Khalil is just the tip of the iceberg.

The Scam of Student Visas
What’s happening at Columbia is a scam gone wild—a scam that is infecting our universities, our immigration system, and our national security. Let’s talk about student visas, the golden ticket for foreign nationals to waltz into the United States, often with zero accountability. Here are the facts, and trust me, they’re going to make your head spin.

Too Many Student Visas
Every year, the United States hands out hundreds of thousands of student visas, specifically F-1 visas, to foreign nationals who claim they want to study here. In 2023, the State Department issued over 410,000 F-1 visas. And that’s just one year. Over the past decade, we’ve averaged around 400,000 to 500,000 annually, with a dip during the COVID years, but the numbers are climbing back up fast. Think about that—millions of foreign nationals flooding into our country, all under the banner of “education.” But here’s the question nobody in Washington seems to ask: How many of these people are actually here to study, and how many are here to cause trouble, like Mahmoud Khalil?

Who Gets the Visas
The majority of student visas are issued to countries that don’t have America’s best interests at heart. Our biggest enemy, China, is the number one source, accounting for over 30% of all student visas—around 130,000 in 2023 alone. India comes in second, with about 20%. To pour salt on the open wound, thousands of visas are issued every year to students from Middle Eastern countries, many of which are hotbeds of anti-American sentiment (a.k.a. terrorism).

Saudi Arabia, Iran, and other nations in the region consistently send students here, often with ties to regimes that sponsor terrorism. And don’t forget countries like Pakistan, where radicalization is a growing problem. These are not hypothetical threats—these are countries that have produced terrorists, spies, and agitators who’ve exploited our open-door policies. Just look at the 9/11 hijackers—several of them were here on student visas, and they didn’t exactly come to study calculus.

How Much They Pay
Although I believe there are many pro-terrorist administrators and professors inside our university systems that will assist terrorists in destroying our country, never should you ignore the flow of money. Foreign students pay full tuition—no discounts, no in-state rates. At top schools like Columbia, that can mean $60,000 to $80,000 a year per student, not including room, board, and fees. Multiply that by tens of thousands of students, and we’re talking billions of dollars flowing into university coffers. In 2023, international students contributed over $40 billion to the U.S. economy, with a huge chunk of that going straight to universities. These schools are addicted to the cash. Is it far to say the schools are not vetting these students? It appears they’re cashing their checks and looking the other way, even when guys like Mahmoud Khalil turn their campuses into war zones. And who pays the price? American students, that’s who.

How Student Visas Hurt American Kids
Every year, top universities reject thousands of qualified American kids because there’s “no space.” But guess what? It seems like there’s always space for a foreign student who can pay full freight. At schools like Harvard, Yale, and yes, Columbia, international students reportedly make up 10% to 15% of the student body, sometimes more. That’s hundreds of spots that could have gone to American kidskids who’ve worked hard played by the rulesand just want a shot at the American dream. Instead, they’re told, “Sorry, no room,” while universities roll out the red carpet for foreign nationals, many of whom have no intention of contributing to our society. It’s a disgrace.

The Laughable Vetting Process
To get an F-1 visa, a student needs to show they’ve been accepted to a U.S. school, have the money to pay for it, and intend to return home after their studies. That’s it. There’s no deep dive into their background, no serious check for ties to terrorism, radical groups, or anti-American activities. The State Department relies on interviews that are often just a few minutes long, and the schools? They don’t seem to care—they appear to just want the tuition money. This is a recipe for disaster, and we’ve seen the consequences time and time again.

The Outright Fraud in Student Visas: Fake Colleges, Real Threats
One of the most outrageous scams involves foreign students applying to colleges that don’t even exist. That’s right—fake schools, set up by con artists, issuing fraudulent I-20 forms to help these so-called “students” get their visas and waltz into the United States. Just last month, ICE busted eight individuals across the country for running a scheme that enrolled hundreds of foreign nationals in a sham university in metro Detroit, all part of an undercover sting operation. These “students” had no intention of attending classes—they just wanted to stay here illegally, and they paid big bucks to do it, with the ringleaders pocketing over a quarter of a million dollars. And get this—ICE has even set up its own fake schools, like the University of Farmington in Michigan, to catch these fraudsters, snaring over 250 people, mostly from India, in the process. But here’s the kicker: How many more fake schools are out there that ICE hasn’t caught? How many of these “students” are already here, hiding in plain sight, because the vetting process is so laughably weak? This isn’t education—this is organized crime, and it’s happening on American soil because our government refuses to shut down the loopholes.

A History of Visa Students Causing Chaos
The history of the “student here on a visa is a horror show. The 9/11 attacks were the wake-up call we should have heeded—several of the hijackers were here on student visas, including Hani Hanjour, who flew the plane into the Pentagon. But it didn’t stop there. In 2018, a Saudi student at the University of New Mexico was arrested for plotting a terror attack. In 2020, a Libyan student in Chicago was charged with supporting ISIS. And don’t forget the Boston Marathon bombing—while the college-aged Tsarnaev brothers weren’t on student visas, their radicalization happened on American soil, and the student visa program has been a pipeline for similar threats. These are not isolated incidents—these are warning signs, and we’re ignoring them at our peril.

Students Stay Illegally
Now, let’s talk about the big liberal lie we’re told about student visas: that these people are supposed to come here, get their degree, and go home. The reality is, tens of thousands of them never leave—they just disappear into the shadows, adding to our illegal immigration crisis. According to the Department of Homeland Security’s 2023 Entry/Exit Overstay Report, over 50,000 student and exchange visitors overstayed their visas in just one year. That’s 50,000 people who were supposed to pack up and go home but decided to stay here illegally instead. And that’s just the ones DHS knows about—the real number could be much higher, because our government’s tracking system is a mess, especially at land borders. Over the past decade, the student visa category has consistently had the highest overstay rates of any visa type, with countries like China, India, and Saudi Arabia leading the pack in raw numbers, and places like Afghanistan and Somalia posting double-digit overstay rates. These aren’t just “students” chasing the American dream—these are people gaming the system, and the system is letting them. And don’t forget, once they overstay, they’re not just breaking the law—they’re competing with American workers, driving down wages, and straining our resources. It’s a slap in the face to every American who plays by the rules, and it’s time we demand accountability. Also, prior to Biden allowing the open border fiasco to unfold, more than 50% of the illegals in the U.S. were visa overstays — this is one reason why I was never a huge champion for “build the wall”, as it would solve just a fraction of the overall problem.

The Nonexistent Process to Confirm Students Go to School
Here’s where it gets even uglier—the process to confirm that these foreign students are actually attending school is practically nonexistent. You’d think there’d be some ironclad system to make sure these visa holders are showing up to class, right? Wrong. The Student and Exchange Visitor Program, or SEVP, is supposed to track these students, but it’s a joke. Schools are required to report on student status, but the oversight is so lax that thousands of students either never show up or drop out and vanish into the United States without a trace. There’s no real-time tracking, no biometric exit system at land borders, and no serious enforcement to hunt down overstays. DHS admits its own data is unreliable—get this, their “suspected in-country overstay rate” for students dropped by 42% in just 15 months because their systems can’t even tell who’s left the country or changed status legally. And how many never arrive or ditch school to stay illegally? We don’t have exact numbers because, surprise, surprise, the government isn’t keeping track.

ICE has uncovered cases, like the New Jersey “pay-to-stay” scam, where over a thousand foreign nationals, mostly from China and India, enrolled in a fake college to maintain their visa status without ever attending a class. And those are just the ones they caught. This is a national security crisis waiting to happen, and our government is asleep at the wheel.

Who’s Pushing This Madness, and Why?
Look no further than the government officials and university elites who’ve turned student visas into a cash cow and a political football. The numbers started exploding in the 1990s, under the Clinton administration, which saw international education as a way to “build bridges” with hostile nations. The Bush and Obama years kept the spigot open, with Obama pushing for even higher numbers to boost the economy and promote “diversity.” And don’t forget the university lobby—they’ve got deep pockets and plenty of influence in Washington, pushing for more visas to keep their budgets fat. It’s all about money and globalism, and it’s coming at the expense of American safety and sovereignty.

Trump’s Power to Shut It Down
President Trump has the power to fix this, and he took a baby step this week as we saw with Mahmoud Khalil’s detention. But, the bigger step is an executive order that he needs to sign!

As head of the executive branch, Trump can use his authority to tighten visa restrictions, impose stricter vetting, and even kill parts of the student visa program altogether. He did it before with his travel ban, which the Supreme Court upheld, and he can do it again — only much bigger. Trump’s travel ban did not include countries like Saudi Arabia.

Trump can issue an executive order to cap student visas, prioritize American students, and deport anyone who abuses their visa status—like Khalil. He can also pressure universities to stop treating foreign students like ATMs, or risk losing federal funding. This week, when Trump told Columbia they were no longer getting $400 million in federal money, they suddenly changed their pro-Hamas tune.

What I Would Do
I know Trump is a tough cookie, but I’d be much tougher. Call me mean-spirited if you want— but I lived through 9/11, and I have zero love for these visa programs. If I was the president, I’d kill the entire program.

As for the university system: I’m a very successful businessman, and I don’t have a college degree. Frankly, I think college is a waste of money. But I stand alone in my own house—everyone I live with thinks college is a good thing. So be it. I have four children, and I’ve paid for three college tuitions. And for what? Each kid was taught by liberal professors who couldn’t cut it in the real world. Even worse, both of my sons went to the same university, and at both of their graduations, the school skipped the national anthem. Now my youngest, who’s in high school, is looking at colleges. Every campus we visit is crawling with foreign students. She wants to go into health sciences, and I guarantee you we’ll face rejections due to “overcrowding.”

With the above in mind, if I were president, let’s assume the courts would block me from canceling the visa program outright. Fine. I’d alter it instead. I’d demand a robust vetting system is in place. And the taxpayer wouldn’t foot the bill—the universities would pay for it.

Just as Trump wants to institute a $5 million Gold Card for immigrants who want to come here legally, colleges would pay 50% of a foreign student’s tuition to fund the vetting process. DHS would handle the vetting, digging deep into every applicant’s background. If a student is permitted in, the university would cover the cost of tracking that student and provide ironclad proof of their existence at school. Then, when it is time for the student to exit—whether they flunk out, graduate, or otherwise, they will inform the DHS of the departure and show proof that it took place at their own cost. For any student who slips through the cracks and stays here illegally, the university would face a $1 million fine, and be held as a co-conspirator if that student commits an act of terrorism, and be permanently banned from the student visa program. Furthermore, and most importantly, any country listed as a threat to the U.S. or with a history of knowingly harboring anti-America terrorists would be barred from applying for visas, period.

But I am NOT the President
What’s happening at Columbia University is a wake-up call for Trump. Mahmoud Khalil is just one example of how our student visa program has become a Trojan horse, letting in agitators, radicals, and threats under the guise of education. It’s time to shut it down—time to put Americans first, secure our borders, and protect our kids. President Trump has the power, and we, the American people, have the voice. Let’s demand action, before it’s too late.

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