US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday said that the US will begin revoking visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields.
The U.S. will begin revoking visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields.
— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) May 28, 2025
In a social media post on X, Rubio wrote, “The U.S. will begin revoking visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields.”
This development marks another step in the Donald Trump administration’s push to tighten control over foreign enrollment in higher education.
Earlier in the day, Trump doubled down on his attacks against Harvard University by suggesting that the institution cap the number of foreign students it admits at 15 per cent.
In a fiery remark against Harvard University, Trump suggested that many foreign nationals admitted by Harvard are “troublemakers”, disrupting the country. “We don’t want to see shopping centres explode. We don’t want to see the kind of riots that you had,” he added.
Stating that Harvard University admits almost 31 per cent of foreign students, some of whom are from “areas of the world that are very radicalised”, Trump said, “Why would 31 per cent? Why would a number be so big? I think they (Harvard University) should have a cap of maybe around 15 per cent. We have people who want to go to Harvard and other schools, but they can’t get in because we have foreign students there.”
“I want to make sure that foreign students are people who can love our country. We don’t want to see shopping centres explode. We don’t want to see the kind of riots that you had, and I’ll tell you what, many of those students didn’t go anywhere, many of those students were troublemakers caused by the radical left.” Trump added.
As reported by CNN, Harvard has said in court documents that full-time international students make up about a quarter of its student body. Harvard has broadly refused many government demands, including that it hand over the entire conduct records of foreign students and allow audits to confirm that it has expanded “viewpoint diversity.”
