Bay Area foreign students’ rights must be defended

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We must defend
foreign students’ rights

Re: “Loss of visas is jolting to colleges” (Page A1, April 8).

Grant Stringer reports that the Trump administration has revoked the visas of dozens of Bay Area students, merely for demonstrating or speaking against the U.S.-funded massacres in Gaza. Students at Berkeley, Stanford, San Jose State and other schools now face deportation and live in fear of ICE raids.

These students have broken no laws. They are not endangering or harming Jewish people in any way. Yet, they are called terrorist-supporting and antisemitic because they oppose the Israel-U.S. slaughter in the Middle East.

As a Jewish Bay Area resident, I say protect these academics’ and all of our rights to speak and protest. Our universities are among our greatest treasures; we must protect them from a government that attacks education and speech, and calls it “fighting antisemitism.” These attacks are not about protecting Jews; they’re about continuing Israel-U.S. wars.

David Spero
San Francisco

Require teaching kids
about financial literacy

Financial literacy should be a mandatory class in high schools and colleges. Many young people graduate without understanding how credit works, how to manage debt or even how to budget their income. These are real-life skills that affect every aspect of adult life, but they’re often overlooked in our education system.

With rising student loan debt, inflation and economic uncertainty, it’s more important than ever to teach students how to make smart financial decisions. A required financial literacy course could cover topics like saving, investing, credit, taxes and more, empowering students with the tools they need to succeed.

If we truly want to prepare the next generation for the future, we need to stop treating financial education like an option instead of a priority.

Edwyn Burgara-Arias
San Jose

Tariff strategy was
built on another lie

It has been reported that Peter Navarro, who convinced Trump that tariffs are a great idea, had cited a supposed economic expert named Ron Vara to support his theory. It turns out that Vara is a made-up person, a bald-faced lie.

There was no expert, so the very idea of reckless use of tariffs that has rocked the world is based on a fraud, like much else in this administration.

Larry Guernsey
San Jose

DOGE defender is one
who must open eyes

Re: “Protests dishonor work of DOGE, Musk” (Page A6, April 10).



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