House Republican calls for yanking student visas of Chinese nationals

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is pressing nan State Department to yank F-1 and J-1 student visas issued to Chinese individuals.

"I constitute coming to impulse nan contiguous suspension and cancellation of each F-1 and J-1 student visas held by Chinese nationals presently studying astatine institutions of higher acquisition crossed nan United States, considering precocious declassified intelligence detailing nan Chinese Communist Party's efforts to interfere successful American elections," she wrote successful a July 20 missive to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Fox News Digital reached retired to nan State Department connected Tuesday: "We mostly do not remark connected legislature correspondence," a section spokesperson noted "The Trump Administration is protecting our federation and its citizens by upholding nan highest standards of nationalist information and nationalist information done our visa process."

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Chairwoman Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., attends nan House Oversight Subcommittee connected Task Force connected nan Declassification of Federal Secrets proceeding titled "Mind Control and Accountability: Uncovering nan Truth of nan CIA's MKULTRA Project," successful Rayburn building connected Tuesday, June 30, 2026.  (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump delivered an reside to nan federation past week successful which he said that documents "show that complete a play of years, starting during nan 2020 predetermination cycle, nan People’s Republic of China carried retired what is believed to beryllium nan largest discuss of predetermination information successful history — resulting successful China’s illicit acquisition of 220 cardinal U.S. elector files.

"That accusation includes names, addresses, telephone numbers, governmental statement preferences, and different delicate information that would beryllium needed to registry to vote, and prosecute successful different nefarious activities, which is precisely what was happening," he said.

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U.S. President Donald Trump look connected earlier presenting nan FIFA World Cup Winner's Trophy to Spain aft nan Final - FIFA World Cup 2026 lucifer betwixt Spain and Argentina astatine New York New Jersey Stadium connected July 19, 2026 successful East Rutherford, New Jersey.  (Pablo Morano/BSR Agency/Getty Images)

In her missive to Rubio, Luna wrote, "As I stated publically pursuing nan President's address: each azygous Chinese student visa needs to beryllium canceled immediately. 
This is simply a basal and proportionate consequence to a documented state-sponsored effort to undermine nan integrity of American elections."

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) greets Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi up of their bilateral gathering astatine nan U.S. State Department successful Washington, D.C., United States, connected July 14, 2026. (Mehmet Eser/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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"We impulse nan Department of State to instantly reappraisal and revoke each progressive Chinese nationalist student visas, and to halt nan issuance of caller visas to Chinese nationals pending a afloat accounting of nan grade of this infiltration and a broad reappraisal of vetting procedures astatine our institutions of higher education," she wrote.