Imposing blanket visa restrictions punishes ordinary travelers, students, and diplomats for disputes they did not create, while leaving the root drivers of migration untouched. These performative measures amount to scapegoating, fuellingfueling racism and social tension rather than delivering workable solutions, while targeting countries that issue only a few hundred work and study visas a year turns enforcement into political theater. Treating limited migration flows as a security crisis may signal toughness, but durable border control depends on cooperation and credible agreements, not threats that deepen mistrust.