Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is urging the State Department to pull F-1 and J-1 visas issued to Chinese students.
“I write today to urge the immediate suspension and cancellation of all F-1 and J-1 student visas held by Chinese nationals currently studying at institutions of higher education across the United States, considering recently declassified intelligence detailing the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to interfere in American elections,” she wrote in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Detailing President Trump’s recent election fraud unveiling, which highlighted China as one of its primary actors, Luna wrote that the nation “cannot in good conscience continue to allow the current visa pipeline to serve as a potential vector for CCP influence operations targeting our democratic institutions.”
“As I stated publicly following the President’s address: every single Chinese student visa needs to be canceled immediately,” she declared. “This is a necessary and proportionate response to a documented state-sponsored effort to undermine the integrity of American elections.”
“We urge the Department of State to immediately review and revoke all active Chinese national student visas, and to halt the issuance of new visas to Chinese nationals pending a full accounting of the extent of this infiltration and a comprehensive review of vetting procedures at our institutions of higher education,” Luna further wrote.
Last year, Rubio moved to revoke the visas of Chinese students with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
President Trump previously indicated in remarks stirring controversy that he would allow Chinese students to enter the country.
