Immigrant Student Enrollment Is Dwindling At Schools Across The U.S.

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Source: Huff Post/AP

Nov 17, 2025, 12:17 AM EST


From Miami to San Diego, schools around the U.S. are seeing big drops in enrollment of students from immigrant families. In some cases, parents have been deported or voluntarily returned to their home countries, driven out by President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown. Others have moved elsewhere inside the U.S.

In many school systems, the biggest factor is that far fewer families are coming from other countries. As fewer people cross the U.S. border, administrators in small towns and big cities alike are reporting fewer newcomer students than usual. In Miami-Dade County Public Schools, about 2,550 students have entered the district from another country so far this school year — down from nearly 14,000 last year, and more than 20,000 the year before that.

School board member Luisa Santos, who attended district schools herself as a young immigrant, said the trend is “a sad reality.” “I was one of those arrivals when I was 8 years old,” Santos said. “And this country and our public schools — I’ll never get tired of saying it — gave me everything.”

Collectively, the enrollment declines in Miami-Dade erased about $70 million from the district’s annual budget, forcing administrators to scramble to cover the unexpected shortfall.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-education-immigrant-students_n_691aacc5e4b085766d7dd32c

[markodochartaigh]

1. Empire in decline.

n/t

[William Seger]

2. Was this reported by Duh News? (nt)

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[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. I am under the impression that many

public colleges and universities rely heavily on foreign students' tuition, which can be even higher than normal out-of-state tuition. Not completely sure about this.

[mopinko]

7. this is true.

i was a student at the art institute of chicago at a time when they started going hard for foreign students. esp from china and japan. not only charged higher tuition, they had to pay for dorm space in most cases. barely had any at the time. they do now, thanks to them.
it was a huge boon. they’re crying now.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. Anecdotal evidence.

My niece teaches at a small liberal arts university. A percentage of their student population has not returned to school because they're hiding out. The university is trying to reach out and help these students, but some are not answering phones or have left the country.

[patphil]

5. Trump is dealing a devastating blow to the future of our country.

We're losing our heritage as a nation of refuse for all people's. He has diminished us greatly in the eyes of the world.

[Munu]

6. According to plan, to the detriment of education. n/t