America’s global reputation has long rested on a simple advantage: when the world’s brightest minds had ideas, they came to the United States to build them. That open-door tradition powered the labs, research universities and tech giants that shaped the modern world. Now, that advantage is being tested. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is pushing to block state universities from hiring H-1B workers, casting it as a patriotic defense of American jobs. But as the state raises walls, the institutions that fuel the country’s innovation engine are raising alarms. The Association of American Universities (AAU), led by President Barbara R. Snyder and representing the top U.S. research institutions, warns that excluding international researchers and faculty is not a jobs policy — it is a talent s

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