General Discussion

However their presence also makes it cheaper for in-state students to attend, because nearly all international students pay full (i.e. out of state) tuition. There's also the fact that when 'housing costs' are higher, it means some people are making more money off of that fact. As is mentioned above, it makes a lot more sense to limit or prohibit the sales of US housing to large conglomerates and consortiums, and to prosecute landlords of any kind for engaging in monopolistic, high-rent-fixing practices.

But, of course, we're talking about entities with big money and big power, sooooo 'scapegoating foreigners' it is. As it was since the time before Jesus. Hence his preaching about being kind to sojourners and visitors to one's home land.