U.S. planning to cancel visas of Chinese graduate students

[Ohiogal]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is planning to cancel the visas of thousands of Chinese graduate students believed by President Donald Trump’s administration to have links with China’s military, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

The move, first reported by the New York Times, could impact 3,000 to 5,000 Chinese students and could be announced as early as this week, according to the sources, including a current U.S. official and another individual who was briefed on the administration’s internal discussions.

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Chinese students who are in the United States will have their visas canceled and will be expelled, the source briefed on the plans said, while those already outside the United States will not be allowed to return.

The main purpose of the action is to clamp down on spying and intellectual property theft that some Chinese nationals are suspected of engaging in on U.S. university and college campuses, the source said, adding that the administration expected significant push back from those institutions because of their financial interests in Chinese student enrollment.

Some 360,000 Chinese nationals who attend U.S. schools annually generate economic activity of about $14 billion, largely from tuitions and other fees.

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[malaise]

1. So the government is telling private universities who they can admit

Who will refund the fees paid by these students?

[Igel]

2. Foreign students always have to apply for a visa.

And some are rejected. (Not a great number, but some.)

Strictly speaking, this is a visa issue, not a college admissions issue.

[malaise]

3. Student visas are largely routine

as are exchange programs among universities.

What's more this is not about new visas

The United States is planning to cancel the visas of thousands of Chinese graduate students

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[Johnny2X2X]

4. This would be awful

I have made some good friends in grad school from China. This is a huge opportunity for them to help their families and really helps American universities.

This is the last thing US colleges need right now.

[rockfordfile]

6. That's because China's schools are a pos.

[lunasun]

5. Universities are hurting right now with the virus and now the $$ will not come . Trump ever

the chaos maker

[MiniMe]

7. How long before the universities they are attending start to complain because of the money lost