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An AI doctoral candidate in California says they had their student visa revoked

April 21, 2025 | by AI

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🔥 U.S. Visa Crackdown TORPEDOES AI Talent Pipeline – Doctoral Student’s Dreams CRUSHED by Algorithmic Error

The Silent War on International Scholars Just Claimed Another Victim

A California AI doctoral candidate just had their academic future DESTROYED by a faceless government algorithm – and they’re not alone.

“I was building the future of AI. Now I’m packing my bags because of a traffic stop from 8 years ago.”

Anonymous AI Researcher (visa revoked)

🚨 The Brutal Numbers Behind the Crackdown

  • ➡️ 1,000+ international students targeted since January
  • ➡️ $43.8B economic contribution at risk (NAFSA data)
  • ➡️ 378,000 American jobs supported by these students

🤖 When AI Screens AI Talent – The Irony That Hurts

The government is using unverified AI systems to flag visa holders – the same students DEVELOPING cutting-edge AI at:

  • Caltech
  • Ivy League schools
  • Public research universities

“When you yank a PhD student from an AI project, you don’t just hurt them – you set back American innovation by YEARS.”

Prof. Yisong Yue, Caltech Machine Learning

💔 The Human Cost of Bureaucratic Warfare

Meet the casualties of this policy:

Suguru Onda – BYU Computer Science PhD

➡️ Visa revoked without cause
➡️ Reinstated after legal battle
➡️ 6 months of research LOST

🚀 America’s Innovation Exodus Has Begun

The architects of YOUR AI future are reconsidering their options:

  • OpenAI co-founders (student visa holders)
  • Google Brain researchers
  • Transformer architecture creators
  • Top university professors

⚠️ The Bottom Line:

We’re witnessing a brain drain of epic proportions – all while China and the EU roll out red carpets for displaced AI talent.

“The next Ashish Vaswani (Transformer co-creator) might be on a plane to Toronto right now because of this madness.”

📢 TO THE POLICYMAKERS: You’re not protecting America – you’re unilaterally disarming our tech future.

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