International students brought $43.8 BILLION into the U.S. economy in one year and supported 378,000+ American jobs.
And here’s the part many miss: roughly 63% do not remain in the U.S. long term. We educate them, benefit from their spending, then many take their skills elsewhere.
For the senator from Missouri who seems clueless on basic economics:
International students likely generate around $950 million to $1 billion+ annually in Missouri economic activity based on enrollment and national averages. That is in the neighborhood of a major Missouri state budget category, including public higher education support.
America is one of the few countries lucky enough to have talented people pay us to study here. Only fools treat that like a problem.
The USCIS pause is putting Iranian students and workers at risk of losing status and being forced back to Iran—where they could face persecution from the brutal Islamic Republic regime or renewed conflict.
@SenMarkey and I led our colleagues to demand answers and immediate protections for Iranians in the U.S. who cannot safely return home.
جمهوری اسلامی در چند ماه اخیر سه رکورد سنگین در جهان ثبت کرده:
۱- بزرگترین کشتار مردم یک کشور توسط حکومت خود زیر دو روز
۲- طولانیترین قطع اینترنت یک کشور توسط حکومتش که باعث بیکاری بیش از ده میلیون نفر شده!!
۳- بالاترین تورم مواد غذایی در دنیا با بیش از ۱۲۰ درصد در چند ماه
اینها آمار نیست، زندگی مردمه!
که با فعالیت مدنی برطرف نشده و نخواهد شد!!!!!
#IranMassacre #FreePoliticalPrisionersinIran #IranRevolution2026 #DigitalBlackOutIran #NoWarCrimesInIran
یهویی فهمیدم ۲۶ روزه مامانمو بردن و هیچ خبری ازش نیست… نه تماس، نه وکیل، حتی اسمشم جایی ثبت نشده! معلوم نیست تو این مدت چی سرش آوردن و الان چه حالیه…
من اما ساکت نمیمونم، صدای این بیخبریو به همهجا، از رسانهها تا سازمانهای جهانی میرسونم.
#فریده_کتابی
حقوق بشر بینالملل یعنی همینقدر مضحک که بیش از ۵۰ روز از قطع دسترسی میلیونها ایرانی به اینترنت میگذرد، و حتی لایق یک بیانیه جدی هم نیست؟! صندلی های سازمان ملل را اشغال کردهاید که برای فجایع انسانی فقط ابراز تاسف کنید؟!
Years of lab work sit idle as USCIS holds on Iranian scholars halt progress. As a Ph.D. researcher, I am determined to finish my work, but these illogical administrative delays stall innovation and waste years of dedication.
@POTUS@mosheh#LiftTheHold#USCISPause
اطلاعرسانی - از کانال وکیل موریسن -> اگر پزشک زن ایرانی تحت تاثیر #Hold میشناسید:
I have a journalist who wants to speak specifically to Iranian female physician impacted by the USCIS hold for a story for Bloomberg. If you meet ALL those conditions and you are willing to share your story, please reach out to her directly:
Suzanne Sataline
+1-475-300-8714
[email protected]
https://t.co/2BmImXM1Jr
If USCIS had paused all services for Iranians when Lotfi Zadeh was here, America would have lost the inventor of fuzzy logic. That math now powers AI, engineering, and medical diagnostics worldwide.
#USCISPAUSE#LIFTTHEHOLD
@RepDanGoldman Applied for work authorization in Oct 2025. Still pending.
USCIS policies affecting LEGAL immigrants from 39 countries including Iran
have halted my health research for months.
Congress must step in.
If the U.S. visa restrictions for Iranians that existed at the time of Maryam Mirzakhani's application had been in place, America wouldn't have had the chance to bring the first female Fields Medal winner into the world!
#USCISPAUSE#LIFTTHEHOLD
If DHS truly support legal immigration, could you please clarify why thousands of legally vetted Iranian students, researchers, physicians, and professionals already in the U.S. are facing indefinite USCIS benefit holds for more than 4 months?
We entered lawfully, passed security checks, and are simply renewing valid benefits such as OPT, H-1B or green cards. Many are now facing job interruptions, research delays, and family uncertainty despite following every legal step.
A clear explanation for why fully legal, vetted applicants are being paused would help align this policy with the stated support for legal immigration.
#USCISpause
#LiftTheHold
شما میتوانید با مسیح علینژاد، باورها و نوع کنشگری اون همسو نباشید (خودم هم نیستم) یا حتی با او کاملا مخالف باشید! اما اقدام به جمع کردن امضا علیه زنی که به هر شکل و برمبنای باورهای خود علیه ج.ا گفته و نوشته، نه تنها مورد تایید اپوزیسیون نیست که بهنظر باید ریشه آن را در بازوهای وابسته به رژیم در خارج کشور جستوجو کرد.
The prolonged blanket #USCISpause is quietly trapping legally present, highly educated, anti-regime, and already heavily vetted Iranians in limbo—for no reason other than where they were born.
Thank you @shallyzomorodi and @NasseriLegal for using your platforms to support Iranians on TV. Your voices truly make a difference and are deeply appreciated.
Stephen Miller exists now to turn America into a fascist Gangster State that uses the federal government as a weapon of control and violence against the people. But the people, from Maryland to Minnesota to Miller’s California, are rising up, like the people of Hungary, against all the corruption. Authoritarians are sinking all over the world.