People will understand that AI will replace workers in physical science first as it is the most black-or-white subject and non-theoritical/non-computational natural science the next. Social science follows, and Humanity should be the last. The current irrational decision is based on a misconception of new industrial revolution.
Restrictions on illegal immigration and cost-cutting on wasted resources are reasonable, but the execution has gone to extremity, which has always been inevitable when the political policy shifts. However, the rationale is to admit the overdone and reverse the course to a neutral zone. The current administration may not comply with this practice.
I hope you will enroll in a program you desire as you will add much value to it based on your shared thoughts here.
I wished my son to do this and I only supported him, but he is not interested in creative writing despite being an excellent writer often drawing thousands "likes" for his political and social online posts as he brags to me.
Without wasting my writing talents and life experience, I resumed doing this myself five years ago. I will keep writing and publishing.
Postscript: If it is the late stage of Capitalism, is Socialism coming?