"I'm not against fingerprinting," said Ali Hashmi, a New York University student who grew up in Saudi Arabia and has a Pakistani passport. "But each little step raises the question of what's next? It seems like it's getting closer and closer to a police state."
Asim Ghafoor, a Muslim who works as a spokesperson for Islamic charities, also finds the new approach disquieting.
"I've told my relatives to think twice about coming here to study," said Ghafoor. "We should be rolling out the red carpet for these students, not rolling out something out of Orwell."
I am delighted that people with such a huge sense of entitlement, who are here only at our pleasure, are being told by their own relatives to think twice about coming here.