Democrats are Actually Angry that our State Department will Vett Student VISA Applicants?

[Seymour Flops]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/31/world/international-students-visas-us-trump-intl

Really?

Even after all that has happened, Democrats don't know that we need to be more careful about who we let in? No, they don't and they are angry that we will be more careful.

CNN helps whip up the anger with a sad tale:

When Adefemola Akintade learned that the Trump administration had suspended the processing of foreign student visas, she immediately went blank. “I don’t know what to do; this is something I’ve always wanted for the longest of times,” she told CNN, still with an air of disbelief.

The Nigerian journalist has been accepted into Columbia Journalism School for a master’s degree and was on the cusp of applying for her US visa. “I don’t have any backup plan,” the 31-year-old said. “I put all my eggs in one basket – in Columbia… which is quite a risk.” She is due to start her degree in New York in August having already paid a hefty enrolment fee.

I assume that she is a very smart woman, and highly interested in journalism. Shouldn't she remain in Nigeria so she can help her country to rise out of its perpetual third world status? It's not like Nigeria is a hopeless mess like Venezuala or North Korea. They are making strides to improve, which should be reported on.

But, okay, Ms. Akentade does not owe it to Nigeria to dedicate her life to Nigerian improvement. If she wants to someday get a job on, say CNN, fine. I wish her great success. But that should start with making sure she is sincere about wanting an education and not planning to spend her time and energy bopping Jews, verbally or physically.

More about the plight of these students:

‘A scary time to study in the US’​

“It feels like a really scary and unsettling time for international students studying in the US,” said one Canadian student who has also been accepted by Columbia. “A lot of us chose to study in the US for its freedoms but now knowing that innocent social media posts could cost an education feels like censorship.”

Cost them an education? They are not already educated before they are accepted by Columbia?

Columbia does not accept typical students from American inner city public schools. They don't have a remedial program that starts with learning to read, the place where those schools typically stop and move on the woke indoctrination. They reach our for Canadians, and other foreign students to mix in with the nearly all-white private school Americans they accept.

Some prospective students have even started self-censoring. Another Canadian, accepted into Harvard Law School, told CNN how a friend working on Capitol Hill advised her to go through her social media posts shortly after the visa suspension news broke.

“We were looking at a post from us at Pride, and my caption was simply a rainbow flag and then a trans flag. And I was on the phone with her ‘and I was like, do I have to take this down?’ Eventually we decided no, I could leave it up, but I changed the caption, I removed the trans flag. I don’t know how to feel about that,” the student said.

I know how I feal about that. I feel that that student is a shameless opportunist who abandons what they profess to believe in as soon as their plan for a comfortable life on the dime of Uncle Sam might be the least bit affected.

Actually, that whole part of the story sounds highly unlikely. She happened to be talking to "a friend on Capitol Hill?" I'm an American, and I don't have the phone number of any "friend on Captitol Hill," to give me advice on how to deal with the federal government. She's sitting in her dorm room, cross legged on the bed, with her stuffed animal on her lap, and her phone in one hand and her iPad in the other changing her social media posts so she can get a visa?

Even more so than the Nigerian, this Canadian should be helping her own country. Sure, Canada is more advanced than Nigeria, but are they just going to accept being "America Junior" forever, or get off their asses and build a country to take pride in?

 

[theHawk]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/31/world/international-students-visas-us-trump-intl

Really?

Even after all that has happened, Democrats don't know that we need to be more careful about who we let in? No, they don't and they are angry that we will be more careful.

CNN helps whip up the anger with a sad tale:

When Adefemola Akintade learned that the Trump administration had suspended the processing of foreign student visas, she immediately went blank. “I don’t know what to do; this is something I’ve always wanted for the longest of times,” she told CNN, still with an air of disbelief.

The Nigerian journalist has been accepted into Columbia Journalism School for a master’s degree and was on the cusp of applying for her US visa. “I don’t have any backup plan,” the 31-year-old said. “I put all my eggs in one basket – in Columbia… which is quite a risk.” She is due to start her degree in New York in August having already paid a hefty enrolment fee.

I assume that she is a very smart woman, and highly interested in journalism. Shouldn't she remain in Nigeria so she can help her country to rise out of its perpetual third world status? It's not like Nigeria is a hopeless mess like Venezuala or North Korea. They are making strides to improve, which should be reported on.

But, okay, Ms. Akentade does not owe it to Nigeria to dedicate her life to Nigerian improvement. If she wants to someday get a job on, say CNN, fine. I wish her great success. But that should start with making sure she is sincere about wanting an education and not planning to spend her time and energy bopping Jews, verbally or physically.

More about the plight of these students:

‘A scary time to study in the US’​

“It feels like a really scary and unsettling time for international students studying in the US,” said one Canadian student who has also been accepted by Columbia. “A lot of us chose to study in the US for its freedoms but now knowing that innocent social media posts could cost an education feels like censorship.”

Cost them an education? They are not already educated before they are accepted by Columbia?

Columbia does not accept typical students from American inner city public schools. They don't have a remedial program that starts with learning to read, the place where those schools typically stop and move on the woke indoctrination. They reach our for Canadians, and other foreign students to mix in with the nearly all-white private school Americans they accept.

Some prospective students have even started self-censoring. Another Canadian, accepted into Harvard Law School, told CNN how a friend working on Capitol Hill advised her to go through her social media posts shortly after the visa suspension news broke.

“We were looking at a post from us at Pride, and my caption was simply a rainbow flag and then a trans flag. And I was on the phone with her ‘and I was like, do I have to take this down?’ Eventually we decided no, I could leave it up, but I changed the caption, I removed the trans flag. I don’t know how to feel about that,” the student said.

I know how I feal about that. I feel that that student is a shameless opportunist who abandons what they profess to believe in as soon as their plan for a comfortable life on the dime of Uncle Sam might be the least bit affected.

Actually, that whole part of the story sounds highly unlikely. She happened to be talking to "a friend on Capitol Hill?" I'm an American, and I don't have the phone number of any "friend on Captitol Hill," to give me advice on how to deal with the federal government. She's sitting in her dorm room, cross legged on the bed, with her stuffed animal on her lap, and her phone in one hand and her iPad in the other changing her social media posts so she can get a visa?

Even more so than the Nigerian, this Canadian should be helping her own country. Sure, Canada is more advanced than Nigeria, but are they just going to accept being "America Junior" forever, or get off their asses and build a country to take pride in?

Dems want more terrorists like the “Colorado Man” from Egypt who threw Molotov cocktails at old people peacefully protesting.

 

[1srelluc]

The last thing America needs is another leftist trained "journalist". It's like needing more Haaarvard lawyers.

 

[Oddball]

They're angry about everything....It's who they are.

 

[toobfreak]

“It feels like a really scary and unsettling time for international students studying in the US,” said one Canadian student who has also been accepted by Columbia. “A lot of us chose to study in the US for its freedoms."

I'm cornfused. Just which freedom has this student lost? The freedom to come here and act against our national interests? Apparently whatever freedom has been lost was a freedom not granted in Canada, so now, no advantage in coming here, might as well stay in Canada and go to school there, right?

 

[wamose]

Never a dull moment with the dipshit Democrats. They always seem to be able to find another idiotic thing to be mad about.

 

[JoeB131]

Really?

Even after all that has happened, Democrats don't know that we need to be more careful about who we let in? No, they don't and they are angry that we will be more careful.

What is exactly gained by denying a Nigerian woman access to a US journalism school? A free press is actually one of the things Nigeria could probalby use, with stronger investigative techniques.

The problem here is that if the US doesn't take these foreign students, China will and then China will gain the influence around the world that we are kind of giving up.

 

[JoeB131]

I'm cornfused. Just which freedom has this student lost? The freedom to come here and act against our national interests? Apparently whatever freedom has been lost was a freedom not granted in Canada, so now, no advantage in coming here, might as well stay in Canada and go to school there, right?

who said she was going to act against our national interests?

Foreign students have three advantages to the US.

1) They are a financial boon to their institutions as foreign student pay higher tuition.
2) They add to the wealth of scholarship by bringing new ideas and perspectives to the table.
3) They take back good will towards the US (not necessarily whoever the current government is) around the world.

The international good will race is one America is currently losing to China. We drop bombs, they build infrastructure. We throw foreign nationals into gulags, the Chinese are welcoming them.

 

[Seymour Flops]

What is exactly gained by denying a Nigerian woman access to a US journalism school?

She hasn't been denied access. She has only been told to wait long enough for her to be vetted, so that we can find out if her true purpose is attacking Jews or cheerleading attacks on Jews, as so many foreign students in Ivy League universities are doing, with the acquiesance of the university administrators.

What do we gain from vetting these foriegn students? Safer campuses in which all ideas are welcome for peaceful discussion.

A free press is actually one of the things Nigeria could probalby use, with stronger investigative techniques.

She's already a journalist in Nigeria. She will have to leave that occupation to come here. She may want to stay, and then Nigeria loses a journalist. She's doing this for herself. That's a very American attitude, so maybe she will pass muster and be allowed to come. If so, I welcome her.

But first lets make sure we are not inviting a viper to live with our children. (figuratively speaking)

The problem here is that if the US doesn't take these foreign students, China will and then China will gain the influence around the world that we are kind of giving up.

Nobody said we won't take them. We need to vett them. You don't think China will check foreign students' social media posts to see if they hate China?

 

[drudge X]

Democrats are angry cause Trump disrupted their Chinese cash flow.

 

[struth]

Putting all her eggs in one basket was pretty stupid

We don’t need stupid people visiting the United States, we already have plenty of stupid people here, partially in NYC

 

[Silent Warrior]

She hasn't been denied access. She has only been told to wait long enough for her to be vetted, so that we can find out if her true purpose is attacking Jews or cheerleading attacks on Jews, as so many foreign students in Ivy League universities are doing, with the acquiesance of the university administrators.

What do we gain from vetting these foriegn students? Safer campuses in which all ideas are welcome for peaceful discussion.

She's already a journalist in Nigeria. She will have to leave that occupation to come here. She may want to stay, and then Nigeria loses a journalist. She's doing this for herself. That's a very American attitude, so maybe she will pass muster and be allowed to come. If so, I welcome her.

But first lets make sure we are not inviting a viper to live with our children. (figuratively speaking)

Nobody said we won't take them. We need to vett them. You don't think China will check foreign students' social media posts to see if they hate China?

Don't you just hate it when facts get in the way of a good left wing rant?

 

[Rawley]

What is exactly gained by denying a Nigerian woman access to a US journalism school?

ONe less foreign radical leading a "protest" on campus chanting DEATH TO AMERICA

A free press is actually one of the things Nigeria could probalby use, with stronger investigative techniques.

The problem here is that if the US doesn't take these foreign students, China will and then China will gain the influence around the world that we are kind of giving up.

You think the Canadian high school student's plan B is China? THat's your argument?

 

[Foxfyre]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/31/world/international-students-visas-us-trump-intl

Really?

Even after all that has happened, Democrats don't know that we need to be more careful about who we let in? No, they don't and they are angry that we will be more careful.

CNN helps whip up the anger with a sad tale:

When Adefemola Akintade learned that the Trump administration had suspended the processing of foreign student visas, she immediately went blank. “I don’t know what to do; this is something I’ve always wanted for the longest of times,” she told CNN, still with an air of disbelief.

The Nigerian journalist has been accepted into Columbia Journalism School for a master’s degree and was on the cusp of applying for her US visa. “I don’t have any backup plan,” the 31-year-old said. “I put all my eggs in one basket – in Columbia… which is quite a risk.” She is due to start her degree in New York in August having already paid a hefty enrolment fee.

I assume that she is a very smart woman, and highly interested in journalism. Shouldn't she remain in Nigeria so she can help her country to rise out of its perpetual third world status? It's not like Nigeria is a hopeless mess like Venezuala or North Korea. They are making strides to improve, which should be reported on.

But, okay, Ms. Akentade does not owe it to Nigeria to dedicate her life to Nigerian improvement. If she wants to someday get a job on, say CNN, fine. I wish her great success. But that should start with making sure she is sincere about wanting an education and not planning to spend her time and energy bopping Jews, verbally or physically.

More about the plight of these students:

‘A scary time to study in the US’​

“It feels like a really scary and unsettling time for international students studying in the US,” said one Canadian student who has also been accepted by Columbia. “A lot of us chose to study in the US for its freedoms but now knowing that innocent social media posts could cost an education feels like censorship.”

Cost them an education? They are not already educated before they are accepted by Columbia?

Columbia does not accept typical students from American inner city public schools. They don't have a remedial program that starts with learning to read, the place where those schools typically stop and move on the woke indoctrination. They reach our for Canadians, and other foreign students to mix in with the nearly all-white private school Americans they accept.

Some prospective students have even started self-censoring. Another Canadian, accepted into Harvard Law School, told CNN how a friend working on Capitol Hill advised her to go through her social media posts shortly after the visa suspension news broke.

“We were looking at a post from us at Pride, and my caption was simply a rainbow flag and then a trans flag. And I was on the phone with her ‘and I was like, do I have to take this down?’ Eventually we decided no, I could leave it up, but I changed the caption, I removed the trans flag. I don’t know how to feel about that,” the student said.

I know how I feal about that. I feel that that student is a shameless opportunist who abandons what they profess to believe in as soon as their plan for a comfortable life on the dime of Uncle Sam might be the least bit affected.

Actually, that whole part of the story sounds highly unlikely. She happened to be talking to "a friend on Capitol Hill?" I'm an American, and I don't have the phone number of any "friend on Captitol Hill," to give me advice on how to deal with the federal government. She's sitting in her dorm room, cross legged on the bed, with her stuffed animal on her lap, and her phone in one hand and her iPad in the other changing her social media posts so she can get a visa?

Even more so than the Nigerian, this Canadian should be helping her own country. Sure, Canada is more advanced than Nigeria, but are they just going to accept being "America Junior" forever, or get off their asses and build a country to take pride in?

Democrats are suing because we are removing dead people from the social security rolls.

You expect them to be rational about student visas?

 

[TheGreatSatan]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/31/world/international-students-visas-us-trump-intl

Really?

Even after all that has happened, Democrats don't know that we need to be more careful about who we let in? No, they don't and they are angry that we will be more careful.

CNN helps whip up the anger with a sad tale:

When Adefemola Akintade learned that the Trump administration had suspended the processing of foreign student visas, she immediately went blank. “I don’t know what to do; this is something I’ve always wanted for the longest of times,” she told CNN, still with an air of disbelief.

The Nigerian journalist has been accepted into Columbia Journalism School for a master’s degree and was on the cusp of applying for her US visa. “I don’t have any backup plan,” the 31-year-old said. “I put all my eggs in one basket – in Columbia… which is quite a risk.” She is due to start her degree in New York in August having already paid a hefty enrolment fee.

I assume that she is a very smart woman, and highly interested in journalism. Shouldn't she remain in Nigeria so she can help her country to rise out of its perpetual third world status? It's not like Nigeria is a hopeless mess like Venezuala or North Korea. They are making strides to improve, which should be reported on.

But, okay, Ms. Akentade does not owe it to Nigeria to dedicate her life to Nigerian improvement. If she wants to someday get a job on, say CNN, fine. I wish her great success. But that should start with making sure she is sincere about wanting an education and not planning to spend her time and energy bopping Jews, verbally or physically.

More about the plight of these students:

‘A scary time to study in the US’​

“It feels like a really scary and unsettling time for international students studying in the US,” said one Canadian student who has also been accepted by Columbia. “A lot of us chose to study in the US for its freedoms but now knowing that innocent social media posts could cost an education feels like censorship.”

Cost them an education? They are not already educated before they are accepted by Columbia?

Columbia does not accept typical students from American inner city public schools. They don't have a remedial program that starts with learning to read, the place where those schools typically stop and move on the woke indoctrination. They reach our for Canadians, and other foreign students to mix in with the nearly all-white private school Americans they accept.

Some prospective students have even started self-censoring. Another Canadian, accepted into Harvard Law School, told CNN how a friend working on Capitol Hill advised her to go through her social media posts shortly after the visa suspension news broke.

“We were looking at a post from us at Pride, and my caption was simply a rainbow flag and then a trans flag. And I was on the phone with her ‘and I was like, do I have to take this down?’ Eventually we decided no, I could leave it up, but I changed the caption, I removed the trans flag. I don’t know how to feel about that,” the student said.

I know how I feal about that. I feel that that student is a shameless opportunist who abandons what they profess to believe in as soon as their plan for a comfortable life on the dime of Uncle Sam might be the least bit affected.

Actually, that whole part of the story sounds highly unlikely. She happened to be talking to "a friend on Capitol Hill?" I'm an American, and I don't have the phone number of any "friend on Captitol Hill," to give me advice on how to deal with the federal government. She's sitting in her dorm room, cross legged on the bed, with her stuffed animal on her lap, and her phone in one hand and her iPad in the other changing her social media posts so she can get a visa?

Even more so than the Nigerian, this Canadian should be helping her own country. Sure, Canada is more advanced than Nigeria, but are they just going to accept being "America Junior" forever, or get off their asses and build a country to take pride in?

You shouldn't be surprised.

Once you realize democrats are traitors working with the WEF on a plot to intentionally collapse America, suddenly everything they support and do will make perfect sense and you can even predict what they will do next. Like trying to fly back all the gang bangers Trump deported, give them large tax payer paid settlements, and turning them loose on Americans.

Democrats = traitors

 

[JoeB131]

She hasn't been denied access. She has only been told to wait long enough for her to be vetted, so that we can find out if her true purpose is attacking Jews or cheerleading attacks on Jews, as so many foreign students in Ivy League universities are doing, with the acquiesance of the university administrators.

I'm sorry, when did the Jews take over the country?

What do we gain from vetting these foriegn students? Safer campuses in which all ideas are welcome for peaceful discussion.

Campuses are plenty safe now. If a Jewish student is offended by genocide being pointed out, that's on them.

She's already a journalist in Nigeria. She will have to leave that occupation to come here. She may want to stay, and then Nigeria loses a journalist. She's doing this for herself. That's a very American attitude, so maybe she will pass muster and be allowed to come. If so, I welcome her.

Or they get back a better journalist, which is the point.

Nobody said we won't take them. We need to vett them. You don't think China will check foreign students' social media posts to see if they hate China

But you just said it was about hating Israel, not America.

You think the Canadian high school student's plan B is China? THat's your argument?

I suspect China will soon leave us in the dust in academia the way they have in manufacturing.

 

[Zincwarrior]

I don't give a shit. My concern for foreigners is...minimal.

 

[Rawley]

I suspect China will soon leave us in the dust in academia the way they have in manufacturing.

Given your hatred for America, that's not terribly surprising.

 

[JoeB131]

Given your hatred for America, that's not terribly surprising.

Only one of us probably has a DD214

Pointing out our stupidity isn't hate.

We are just being dumb. China is being smart.

We can't make China dumb, but we can stop being stupid ourselves.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

It's just more proof that today's Dims are desperate to completely change America and all it has stood for. They are doing it with immigration, and the minute they get back in control of the WH, they will once again flood the country with the third-world.
There really is only a couple ways to stop them, and one of them isn't very pretty.