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U.S. to begin revoking visas for Chinese students
'The U.S. will begin revoking visas for Chinese students, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday.
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/student-visas-china-us-rubio
The big picture: The move marks a major escalation in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, and comes a day after Rubio directed a halt to student visa interviews.
Driving the news: Rubio made the announcement on X Wednesday, saying the revocation of visas of Chinese students includes for those "with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields."
Flashback: Rubio has been a China hawk for years. In 2018 as a U.S. senator, he launched the successful effort to ban the China-funded Confucius Institutes from college campuses in his home state of Florida.
Rubio was also a lead proponent of banning TikTok because of Chinese influence. But he has kept those concerns to himself now that he's an appointee of President Trump, who has praised the platform and delayed the banning it in the U.S.
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