The State Department said it has revoked 8,000 student visas since President Trump’s second term began, citing public‑safety reasons and part of a broader visa‑revocation drive that has hit 100,000 nonimmigrant visas. The terminations have affected more than a million international students on U.S. campuses and raised concerns among campus leaders about enrollment and community safety. At the same time, conservative lawmakers pushed a high‑profile effort to eliminate Optional Practical Training (OPT), arguing the program is unauthorized and abused. That lobbying—backed by requests to senior White House advisers—targets a work‑authorization pathway critical to the MBA and broader graduate student value proposition and could reshape international recruitment and post‑graduation employment outcomes.