Many international students want to stay in the US after graduation. Getting the visa to allow it is the hard part, they're forced to go back. The "profoundly stupid" part is putting so much effort into giving someone a world-class education and then demanding that they don't use it for the betterment of our country's economy.
What secret American intellectual property is being openly disseminated to university students?
If your concern is educating people here and not doing absolutely everything possible to make them feel welcome and invited in order to convince them to stay here, I fully agree with you. Something tells me that is not your position.
