Schmidt: Deporting international students ‘literally insane’

Schmidt: Deporting international students 'literally insane'

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt took aim at the Trump administration’s immigration policies last week, saying any policy that threatens international college students with deportation is “literally insane.”

The comment came as Schmidt, who now leads the Google parent company Alphabet, was asked at an MIT conference how the U.S. should retain top young talent in fields like computer science and artificial intelligence (AI).

“The first and most obvious thing to do is: Don’t kick them out,” Schmidt said, to a round of applause. He added, “I would much rather have them be in America … I’d rather […]

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