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There\u2019s no doubt that bloated government bureaucracies need pruning\u2014like an overgrown forest choking off light and life beneath. Universities, too, have often lost their way, nurturing ideological extremes and tolerating open defiance of civil norms. Harvard and other elite institutions have enabled left-wing extremism, including support for Hamas and a disturbing rise in antisemitism. Free speech has suffered, and accountability has waned. These institutions must be held to U.S. laws and ethical standards.<\/p>\n

But President Trump\u2019s response\u2014slashing research funding and targeting international students<\/a>\u2014isn\u2019t pruning. It\u2019s setting fire to the entire forest. And in the process, he\u2019s threatening the very roots of America\u2019s scientific leadership, economic prosperity, and global influence.<\/p>\n

The global competitiveness of the United States has always depended on its universities\u2014on their openness to talent and their commitment to research. From the microchip to the biotech revolution, many of the innovations that defined modern America were born in academic labs. They were powered by brilliant minds drawn from around the world and sustained by public funding. The internet (UCLA), Google\u2019s search algorithm (Stanford), GPS (MIT), and mRNA vaccines (UPenn) all originated in U.S. universities. So did breakthroughs in clean energy, artificial intelligence, and cancer treatments\u2014like CRISPR gene-editing and immunotherapies. Now, due to Trump\u2019s actions, even life-saving cancer research is being halted midstream as federal grants are frozen and labs shut down.<\/p>\n

Harvard University, long considered a beacon for international scholars, has had its authority to enroll foreign students revoked. Over $2.7 billion in federal research funding has been frozen<\/a>. MIT has announced cuts to graduate admissions and layoffs of research staff. The University of California system is engaged in lawsuits to stop NIH grant reductions. All of this will significantly harm American scientific progress.<\/p>\n

The casualties are not just academic departments\u2014they include cancer trials, climate research, vaccine development, and national security projects in quantum computing and cybersecurity. Hundreds of labs across the country are reporting frozen budgets, canceled contracts, and the departure of top talent. Institutions like Johns Hopkins, Stanford, and the University of Michigan have warned that essential federally funded research in public health, advanced manufacturing, and clean energy is now at risk.<\/p>\n

Although a federal judge has temporarily blocked the administration\u2019s attempt to strip Harvard of its authority to enroll international students, the damage is already done. The legal reprieve doesn\u2019t undo the chilling effect on global talent<\/a> or the disruption to research programs already underway. The uncertainty alone has weakened America\u2019s standing as the global destination for cutting-edge innovation.<\/p>\n

This decline is especially tragic given the historic accomplishments of American research institutions. Public investments in university science have given us not just medical miracles and digital revolutions, but entire industries. NIH and NSF funding helped spawn biotech, clean-tech, and nanotech. DARPA grants gave us GPS and the early internet. These are the roots of the U.S. innovation economy. Undermining them is like ripping out the foundation of a skyscraper mid-construction.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s not just the research funding that\u2019s under attack\u2014it\u2019s the people who bring that research to life. For decades, the United States enjoyed the greatest free lunch in the history of education and entrepreneurship: the smartest students from India, China, and across the globe came to study here. They didn\u2019t just learn. They stayed. They built companies. They created jobs.<\/p>\n

Immigrants have played a starring role in nearly every American success story of the past half-century. More than half of Silicon Valley\u2019s startups were founded by immigrants. A 2022 report from the National Foundation for American Policy found that 55% of America\u2019s unicorn startups\u2014those valued at over $1 billion\u2014were started by immigrants. That list includes companies like Tesla<\/a>, Google, Intel<\/a>, PayPal, Moderna<\/a>, and Zoom<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In science and medicine, the pattern is the same. Foreign-born researchers are disproportionately represented among Nobel Prize winners in the U.S., among faculty at leading universities, and among the inventors behind patents filed by top American institutions. More than 75% of patents from U.S. research universities list at least one foreign-born inventor.<\/p>\n

And yet, the Trump administration has gone out of its way to block these very contributors. During the pandemic, it attempted to revoke the visas of international students attending online classes. Visa<\/a> processing delays have become routine. Highly skilled immigrants, including PhDs and postdocs, now face long waits, opaque rules, and rising uncertainty. The result? A slow-moving brain drain has become a stampede. Talented researchers are heading to Europe, Canada, and Australia instead.<\/p>\n

I warned of this scenario in my book\u00a0The Immigrant Exodus<\/em><\/a>\u00a0more than a decade ago. At the time, it was a cautionary tale. Today, it\u2019s an unfolding reality. We are witnessing a deliberate dismantling of the U.S. innovation ecosystem\u2014one visa and one research grant at a time.<\/p>\n

To be clear, not all criticism of universities is unwarranted. There is bloat. There is waste. And some institutions have failed to uphold the principles of academic neutrality. But that doesn\u2019t justify blind destruction. There\u2019s a difference between pruning a tree and torching the orchard.<\/p>\n

Even from a purely economic perspective, these policies are indefensible. International students alone contribute over $40 billion annually to the U.S. economy<\/a>. They pay full tuition. They rent housing. They spend in their local communities. Many go on to become entrepreneurs, taxpayers, and job creators. Meanwhile, research funding supports hundreds of thousands of jobs in every state. It powers startups, anchors regional economies, and drives the industries of tomorrow. Weakening that foundation doesn\u2019t just harm universities\u2014it weakens America.<\/p>\n

The cruel irony is that these policies will hurt the very people Trump claims to defend: working Americans. When universities lose research grants, they cut faculty and staff. When international students go elsewhere, local businesses\u2014from coffee shops to apartment complexes\u2014take the hit. When breakthroughs are delayed or lost, America loses its competitive edge\u2014and the jobs and industries that follow.<\/p>\n

China doesn\u2019t need to outspend America to win the innovation race. It only needs to watch the United States unravel its own lead. And that\u2019s exactly what\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n

Still, I haven\u2019t lost hope.<\/p>\n

The United States has stumbled before\u2014and corrected course. The backlash to these policies is growing. Universities are fighting back. Business leaders are speaking out. Courts are stepping in. My hope is that this is just another Trumpian overreach\u2014damaging, yes, but ultimately reversible.<\/p>\n

America\u2019s strength has always come from its openness: to new people, to bold ideas, and to investment in the future. It was immigrants and research grants that built the internet, cured disease, and launched the industries that power our economy today. If we remember that\u2014and act on it\u2014this won\u2019t be the beginning of America\u2019s decline, but a painful detour on the road to renewal.<\/p>\n

The opinions expressed in Fortune.com commentary pieces are solely the views of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and beliefs of <\/em>Fortune.<\/em><\/p>\n

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