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标题：Talented, Yet Seen with Suspicion
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作者：Ryan Allen ; Ryan Allen ; Krishna Bista 等
期刊名称：Journal of International Students
印刷版ISSN：2162-3104
电子版ISSN：2166-3750
出版年度：2021
卷号：12
期号：1
DOI：10.32674/jis.v12i1.3410
语种：English
摘要：The attacks of September 11, 2001, put terrorism at the forefront of the American political landscape. Donald Trump played into these fears of terrorism through his political rhetoric during his presidency, particularly targeting international students as “threats” to the nation. However, we argue that the labeling of international students as security threats was not started after 9/11 nor invented by Trump. Through historical records and accounts across decades of policies related to this issue, we seek to answer two questions: How has the U.S. government monitored visa policies and programs for international students? How have U.S. national policies evolved to view international students as national security threats? We find that mistrust of this population has been embedded throughout U.S. immigration history and that federal tracking policies emerged incrementally from long-held security concerns. We discuss why the entire population of international students should not be scapegoated due to fear.