Cutting down the spying of the CCP

Revocation of Chinese students visas

The Trump administration’s pledge that it will begin to “aggressively” revoke visas of Chinese students was made after years of concern over the Chinese regime’s efforts to infiltrate U.S. academia.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on May 29 that the United States will begin revoking Chinese student visas, specifically targeting those with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or studying in critical fields. It will also revise visa criteria and heighten scrutiny for future visa applications.

State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce on Thursday said the government is enhancing scrutiny of all Chinese visa holders in the United States. She declined to detail specific criteria the department will use in assessing applications.

A total of 277,398 students from China were enrolled U.S. entities in the 2023–24 academic year, according to a collaborative report from the State Department and the Institute of International Education.

The FBI warned in a 2019 bulletin that the CCP exploits the openness of the U.S. academic environment to conduct economic espionage to advance its own scientific, economic, and military goals. While most Chinese students and researchers are in the United States for legitimate academic reasons, the FBI said, the CCP can use them as “non-traditional collectors of intellectual property.”

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