evidence: "America’s two great exports are Hollywood and higher education." [...] International students are voting with their feet — and euros, yuan, and rupees, too. Last year, more than 1 million international students studied in the United States, according to data from ICEF, which provides market research on international education. We’re nearly back to the 1.14 million who came to the United States in the year before the pandemic. And the United States is by far the most popular place for students from the rest of the world to study, with about 50 percent more students coming here each year than go to the United Kingdom, the next most popular country, according to statistics from the Institute for International Education. [...] International students contributed almost $34 billion to the U.S. economy in 2021-2022 academic year, according to NAFSA data. Perhaps more important, the ideas, energy, and vibrancy of those students will help our colleges and universities—and even our country—at the intellectual forefront of the world, just as generations before them have for the last-half century. The world knows that our higher education system is second to none. It’s up to us to make sure that they continue to take advantage of it — and we continue to take advantage of their skills and enthusiasm.