Hong Kong – Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that the United States will begin to nullify the visas of Chinese students.
This announcement is the last step in the Trump administration campaign against American universities and international students in particular, after canceling thousands of student visas, detaining or deporting them to political activity, and sought to prevent international students from registering at Harvard University.
Rubio He said in a statement The visa standards “to enhance the audit” will also be revised for all future visa requests from the People’s Republic of China and Chinese lands in Hong Kong.
“Under the leadership of President Trump, the US State Department will work with the Ministry of Internal Security to cancel the visas strongly for Chinese students,” he said.
The Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to an e -mail request for comment outside working hours. Beijing has previously expressed her opposition to the “politicization” of educational exchanges and said that it would “protect the legitimate rights and interests” for Chinese students abroad.
China is the second largest exporter for international students in the United States after India, although the numbers have decreased in recent years amid the tensions and failures of the United States of China from the Covid-19s. In the academic year 2023-24, there were about 277,000 Chinese students in the United States, a decrease from more than 370,000 in 2019-20.
International students make up about 6 % of the total US higher education in general.
NBC News said on Tuesday that the Trump administration had stopped scheduling new interviews for foreign citizens looking for visas to study in the United States, citing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs cable. The cable said that the comment was under preparation to examine the expanded social media for the applicants.
