Douglas Rand

Don’t Panic: DHS has no authority to slap a $70k fee on international students,

• Doug Rand, director of the Talent Mobility Fund, an advocacy group for attracting foreign STEM talent, posted on LinkedIn
  Timetime.com/article/2026…Oct 8, 00:00
• Doug Rand, director of the Talent Mobility Fund — an organization advocating to attract foreign STEM talent — wrote on LinkedIn
  Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/dhs…Oct 7, 23:22

When we educate international students at our universities, and they want to work and apply their talents here after graduating, of course we should embrace them — not use an exorbitant fee as a pretext to send them packing,

• Rand said in an email
  The Manila Timesmanilatimes.net/2026/10…Oct 8, 00:00

It’s much bigger in scope,

• said Doug Rand, who was a senior official at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Biden administration
  The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/08…Aug 25, 00:03

Trump 2.0 is actively choosing to persecute a U.S. citizen and his future-citizen spouse, while diverting law enforcement resources away from actual lawbreakers,

• said Doug Rand, a former DHS official, in a statement
  Forbes UKforbes.com/sites/stuartanderso…Aug 17, 00:00

Most Americans understand the value of welcoming international students and getting rid of needless red tape,

• said Doug Rand, a former DHS official
  NBC Newsnbcnews.com/world/asia…Jul 17, 08:41
  Irish Timesirishtimes.com/world/us…Jul 16, 00:00
  The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Jul 17, 13:37

The goal of this policy is very explicit. Senior officials in this administration have said over and over that they want fewer people to get permanent residency because permanent residency is a path to citizenship and they want to block that path for as many people as possible,

• said Doug Rand, a former senior advisor at USCIS during the Biden administration, who added
  The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/trump…May 22, 22:10
  Gulf Newsgulfnews.com/world/americas…May 23, 03:33