Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the US will begin revoking the visas of Chinese students

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 7:56 PM EDT, May 28, 2025


WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the U.S. will begin revoking the visas of some Chinese students, including those studying in “critical fields.”

China is the second-largest country of origin for international students in the United States, behind only India. In the 2023-2024 school year, more than 270,000 international students were from China, making up roughly a quarter of all foreign students in the United States.

“Under President Trump’s leadership, the U.S. State Department will work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields,” Rubio wrote.

The action comes at a time of intensifying scrutiny of the ties between U.S. higher education and China. House Republicans this month pressed Duke University to cut its ties with a Chinese university, saying it allowed Chinese students to gain access to federally funded research at Duke.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/international-students-visas-trump-guidance-social-media-a1f5180ce83560aff66dd65534906697

[chouchou]

1. That's Wonderful. Let us piss-off China. Maybe we can shit on Australia and Europe and Mexico.

Excuse me ..we already pissed off Mexico with the stupid, idiotic "Gulf of America"
Should be called "Gulf of Cockroach-MAGA's"

[surfered]

2. How about Cuban students?

[JohnnyRingo]

3. They can't just deport dark skinned immigrants.....

They'll look like racists.

[ananda]

5. LOL. Like they care.

They're openly racist and proud of it!

[vapor2]

6. AGREED 100%

and determined to squash our universities. These people are despicable.

[Blues Heron]

4. Deport Rubio, revoke his citizenship, send him to cecot

No charges, no due process, shackled, cavity search, incommunicado, the works.

[patphil]

7. International Students contribute about $44 billion to the US economy each year.

Only India has more international students in the US than China. Together these 2 nations make up about 1/2 of all international students.
Again, the Trump administration finds a way to hurt the United States, while looking like a jackass to the rest of the world. It seems to come naturally to him.
Hint: Donald J Trump

https://www.marketplace.org/story/2024/11/19/international-students-contribute-record-amount-to-u-s-economy

[Bayard]

8. This admin is like 10 clowns trying to cram into a very small car

They seem to keep forgetting that China owns around $760 billion in US government debt. So yeah, let's keep pissing them off.

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

9. The US being the #1 global destination for Higher Education ...

...has been a massive strategic boost since World War 2. Trump seems to have no idea what soft power is and its importance in promoting and maintaining US global leadership.

Foreign development and international student education are two of the foundations of the US's global soft power. And the Old Man seems hellbent on destroying both.

China and to a lesser extent Europe are rapidly taking advantage of the vacuum that the US is leaving in both areas.

Part of me wonders if the Orange Idol is secretly being paid to give China these opportunities. But then I remember to never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor]

And the US has never had a stupider president.

Sigh.