US to Revoke Chinese Student Visas in Escalating Crackdown (4)

The US plans to start “aggressively” revoking visas for Chinese students, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, escalating the Trump administration’s push for greater scrutiny of foreigners attending American universities.

Rubio said in a statement that students affected would include “those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields.” The US will also enhance scrutiny “of all future visa applications from the People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong,” he added.

China had the second most students in the US of any country in 2024, behind India.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning accused the US ...