Frozen Doors: Understanding America’s New Visa Reality—Part 6
January 26, 2026
2:13 am
Borders did not harden. Criteria did.
The Bigger Picture: America Isn’t Closing—It’s Re-Selecting
Announce a visa freeze in Washington and you’ll get instant obituaries for the American project. The chorus insists the door is closing. But if you read the system the way the system reads itself, the story changes. The door isn’t closing; the lockset has been upgraded. And this is not a uniquely American renovation. Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union are moving in step—quietly for some, noisily for others—toward an admissions architecture that prizes targeted human capital and measurable compliance over …
