After Rubio seeks to revoke their visas, Chinese students say U.S. resembles the country they left

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Source: NBC News

After Rubio seeks to revoke their visas, Chinese students say U.S. resembles the country they left

“In China, the government can control education, high schools, colleges, universities. We thought that the USA could be different," one student said.

May 29, 2025, 5:09 PM EDT
By Kimmy Yam

Chinese students say they’re questioning their decision to study in the U.S. after Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the federal government will attempt to “aggressively” revoke their visas.

Rubio said Wednesday that Chinese students “with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields” would be targeted.

Chinese students who spoke to NBC News on Thursday said that they came to the U.S. for freedoms they felt they did not have back in China but that now the Trump administration is starting to resemble the strict regime they left behind.

“USA stands for freedom. It stands for democracy. … That’s why we come here to chase our dreams,” said one Chinese Ph.D. student at a New Jersey university, who requested anonymity out of fear of retaliation. “In China, the government can control education, high schools, colleges, universities. We thought that the USA could be different.”

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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/rubio-revoke-student-visas-china-rcna209699

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1. Marco Rubio at the behest of Donald trump

Would have deported Albert Einstein and Werner von braun. If they only had a Time Machine.

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2. Nope

Not under Republican rule, it’s not. Clearly the Republican Party is the new Communist Party. We should start calling it the American Communist Party.