In the United States, approximately 33 percent of all community colleges offer at least one type of international education program; of those, about 13 percent offer designated education abroad programs (Malveaux and Raby 2019). Advocacy for community college international education is also not new and is evident in publications, reports, and addresses given by multiple generations of community college leaders and researchers who view internationalization as an important way to serve the community college missions of open access and to support student success initiatives (Boggs and Irwin 2009, Gleazer 1975, Hess 1982, Raby and Valeau 2016). Internationalization does not simply broaden the U.S. community college mission but is a vital and integral component that specifically serves the mission of open access and student success. This article examines the literature to highlight the unique practices of U.S. community college education abroad.