WASHINGTON — Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) released a statement following the Trump administration’s decision to strip international students of their U.S. visas if their coursework is done entirely online during a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic: “Right now, America proudly hosts roughly 1.15 million international students who contribute ap proximately $41 billion to the U.S. economy and add value to our communities. Denying visas and deporting students who are not attending class in-person, when there may not be any in-person classes to attend, is cruel, unwarranted, and un-American. Xenophobia and nationalism are the only way to explain President Trump publicly decrying that children need to ...