Former President Donald Trump floated the idea of awarding green cards to foreign students who graduate college in the United States.

In an appearance on the All-In podcast, hosted by a panel of venture capitalists, Trump gave his thoughts on various pressing topics. After one of the hosts asked Trump to promise to allow the U.S. to better import foreign talent, the former president suggested they could grant green cards to foreign college graduates.

“You graduate from a college, I think you should get automatically as part of your diploma a green card to be able to stay in this country, and that includes junior colleges too,” he said.

“I know of stories where people graduated from a top college or from college, and they desperately wanted to stay here and had a plan for a company, a concept. And they can’t,” he added. “Somebody graduates at the top of the class, they can’t even make a deal with a company because they don’t think they’re going to be able to stay in the country.”

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Trump said problems with graduates being afraid they wouldn’t be able to stay in the country would end “on day one.”

The stance is a seeming departure from Trump’s other stricter stances on immigration. He has called for the mass deportation of illegal immigrants and promised the finishing of his vaunted border wall if he enters office for a second term.