{"id":23646,"date":"2020-09-21T14:08:13","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T18:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=23646"},"modified":"2020-09-21T14:08:15","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T18:08:15","slug":"china-students-security-risks-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/09\/21\/china-students-security-risks-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"State Department Revokes Visas of Chinese Nationals Over Security Risks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last\nweek, the State Department rescinded more than 1,000 visas\nfrom Chinese nationals<\/a>,\nacting on a proclamation issued<\/a> by President Donald Trump in May that suspended\nprograms for foreign academics with ties to the Chinese Communist Party\n(CCP). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The revocation comes amid concerns about security risks posed by participants in the\u00a0F and J visa programs<\/a>. Acting United States Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chad Wolf stated<\/a> that the rescindment targets \u201ccertain Chinese graduate students and researchers with ties to China\u2019s military fusion strategy to prevent them from stealing and otherwise appropriating sensitive research.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acting Secretary Wolf\u2019s comments are not unfounded. Operatives for the CCP have infiltrated academic and research institutions<\/a>, corporations, and even embassies. Some educational visa programs provide foreign nationals access to sensitive information and technology. For instance, Chinese students and researchers are often given access<\/a> to university laboratories and facilities that host delicate information pertaining to civilian and military research. This information can be stolen and sent back to China to be used against the American citizen. Their abuse of this benefit puts American safety and intellectual property in jeopardy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Confronting\nnational security breaches should be a top priority for public officials. So\nfar, the Trump administration\u2019s concerns about China\u2019s nefarious agenda are\nbeing taken seriously by some federal agencies. In July<\/a>, the Federal Bureau of Investigation launched a\nnationwide operation to investigate student visa holders with possible connections\nto the Chinese military. Additionally, federal lawmakers have proposed\nlegislation that would bar foreign nationals suspected of\nespionage from obtaining a visa<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While\nthese are steps in the right direction, the government can do more to curtail intellectual\ntheft by foreign agents. In 2018, almost 13,000 Chinese nationals<\/a> remained in the U.S. past the expiration of their\nvisas. Enforcing the removal of visa overstays would help reduce the number of\nforeign residents who steal American research. Additionally, implementing\nlegislation, such as the EB-5 Reform and\nIntegrity Act<\/a>, which gives\nthe DHS more oversight in their screening of immigrants for criminal activity\nwould reduce threats from aliens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The loss of sensitive intelligence and\nAmerican ingenuity is reason enough to reform and strengthen the student visa\nsystem. China long has been a forceful adversary of the U.S. and the rest of\nthe world. We should not tolerate the undermining of our laws to achieve their\ngoal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week, the State Department rescinded more than 1,000 visas from Chinese nationals, acting on a proclamation issued by President Donald Trump in May that suspended programs for foreign academics with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).  The revocation comes amid concerns about security risks posed by participants in the\u00a0F and J visa programs. Acting United States<\/p>\n

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