{"id":2440997,"date":"2025-05-30T13:52:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T17:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/growing-threat-foreign-students-not-going-home-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T13:54:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T17:54:51","slug":"growing-threat-foreign-students-not-going-home-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/growing-threat-foreign-students-not-going-home-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing threat: Foreign students not going home &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgrowing-threat-foreign-students-not-going-home-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2440997&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the article discusses a growing concern over foreign students in the United states who are overstaying their visa requirements. According to officials, this trend poses potential job competition for Americans and may <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >increase national security risks<\/a>. Significant numbers of students from countries such as China, India, Venezuela, and Haiti are reportedly not returning home after their studies, contributing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/february-data-shows-new-record-high-for-bidens-border-invasion\/\" title=\"February Data Reveals Record High in Border Crossings During Biden&#039;s Administration\">illegal immigration issues<\/a> and raising questions about their initial intentions for coming to the U.S. Recent data from the Department of Homeland Security indicates that out of approximately 565,000 foreign students scheduled to leave in the 2023 fiscal year, about 50,000 remained illegally. Jessica Vaughan from the Center for Immigration Studies pointed out that the majority of overstaying students come from India and China, with significant increases in overstays from these countries noted. The article further highlights efforts by the Trump administration to tighten the approval process for student visas, especially targeting institutions like Harvard University, in light of these security concerns.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Growing threat: Foreign students not going home<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2130170\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3423637\/china-trump-administration-student-visa-interviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">foreign students<\/a> every year are over-staying their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/patriotism-unity\/3403088\/foreign-student-visas-need-limits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">visa requirements<\/a> to return home, robbing jobs from Americans and possibly posing a national security or espionage threat, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p>Large numbers of students from China, India, Venezuela, and Haiti are refusing to leave, adding to the illegal immigration crisis in America and raising questions about why they came in the first place.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3426486\/voters-even-harris-supporters-show-faith-in-trump\/\">Voters, even Harris supporters, show faith in Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3425565\/public-opposing-covid-19-vaccine-critics-cite-heart-problems\/\">Public turning on COVID-19 vaccine, majority suspect heart damage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3423973\/trump-cheered-best-friend-of-animals-after-research-grants-nixed\/\">Trump cheered as the best friend of animals after research grants nixed<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Recent Homeland Security data found that of the 565,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WashingtonExaminer\/posts\/the-trump-administration-is-reportedly-considering-widening-the-scope-of-its-soc\/1093106212685936\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">foreign students<\/a> slated to leave in fiscal 2023, some 50,000 stayed instead, violating their visa requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Students from India and China topped the list of student and student worker overstays.<\/p>\n<p>The new attention on visa &ldquo;overstays&rdquo; comes as the Trump administration is moving to slow or end the easy approval of student visas, especially at the president&rsquo;s latest favorite target, Harvard University, where nearly 30% of students are foreigners.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cis.org\/Vaughan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jessica Vaughan<\/a>, the policy director for the Center for Immigration Studies, said that more than 500,000 foreigners overstay their visas every year and that students make up a good portion.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yes, the numbers from India and China are especially bad in the category of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cancels-trump-dhs-proposal-targeting-terrorists-spies\/\" title=\"Biden Cancels Trump DHS Proposal Targeting Terrorists, Spies\">student visa holders<\/a> and, for India, work visa holders. The number of Indian student visa overstays went up by 40% over the previous year,&rdquo; said Vaughan.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These individuals might pose a security threat, or an espionage threat. We don&rsquo;t know &mdash; but they definitely pose a threat to the integrity of our immigration system, and to the job prospects of young Americans and legal immigrants,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have long believed that some students sent from China and India, especially those who move into high-tech internships and temporary jobs, are involved in state-sponsored espionage and IT theft.<\/p>\n<p>As the administration shines a light on foreign students, new concerns are showing up, especially the growth of student overstays from countries ignored during the Biden era.<\/p>\n<p>Vaughan said that some countries have student overstay rates over 25%. &ldquo;For example, the student visa overstay rate for citizens of Equatorial Guinea is over 70%,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The number of overstays from Haiti was more than 27,000 in 2023, she added.<\/p>\n<p>She recommended that the State Department &ldquo;be reluctant&rdquo; to issue any new student visas to countries where students refuse to return home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2130170\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2130170\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rising concern: Foreign students overstaying visas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2440998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Student-Visa-Crisis-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5152,55746,3813,55779,56231],"class_list":["post-2440997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-education","tag-foreign-students","tag-immigration","tag-international-students","tag-u-s-policies"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Student-Visa-Crisis-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2440997"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2441001,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440997\/revisions\/2441001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2440998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2440997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2440997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2440997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}