The problem is the policy is following exactly what Hitler did.

There was another article that showed up fairly recently here on HN that covers this. When Hitler rose to power in his efforts to clamp down he drove all the brilliant and foreign talent out and the schools never recovered. What took 200 years to build, was completely destroyed in several months.

https://undark.org/2017/02/01/math-lesson-hitlers-germany/

> The problem is the policy is following exactly what Hitler did.

Yep. And this is what caused the exodus of people like Einstein to the US.

America is straight up on the path followed by Hitler and Nazis.