China hits US plan to revoke student visas

I think the vagueness is part of the [Trump administration’s] strategy, because it is not about a concrete policy,

Chan told Al Jazeera

It is heartbreaking for many of us to see a country built by immigrants becoming more xenophobic and hostile to the rest of the world,

he said,

My hope is that this is a targeted action based on evidence and an accurate assessment of risk that takes into account the costs and the benefits,

McFaul said

I was afraid if I go back to China, I won’t be able to come back to the US for when classes begin,

said Su, who asked to only use her last name given the “sensitive” situation

My worry is that this will lead to broad-based, large-scale revocations of visas for Chinese students operating in STEM subjects,

he said, referencing the abbreviation for science, technology, engineering and mathematics

There is definitely a degree of uncertainty and anxiety observed amongst us,

Anson said, asking that only his first name be used

When Trump announces something, we never know if it’s going to be effective or not,

she told Al Jazeera

The current measures not only do not achieve such goals, ... but [are] also generating unnecessary fear even among the Chinese student communities that have long been fully committed to the development and enrichment of US society.”

he said

So there’s a world where the vast majority of Chinese students are disallowed from studying in the United States, which would be an enormous loss and tremendous disruption for the United States science and technology ecosystem,

he said

We’re seeing in various cases that the administration is saying that it’s doing individualized determinations,

Bush-Joseph said

Tammy Brucestate Department spokesperson

We use every tool that we have to vet and to make sure we know who’s coming in,

Bruce said

In many ways, there was already this existing fear that this could potentially become a reality,

Kusakawa said

If you’re trying to get a job or a study … that means you’re pretty much out of luck,

Shao said

This politically discriminatory move exposes the hypocrisy of America’s long-proclaimed values of freedom and openness, and will only further damage the United States’ international image and credibility,

Ning said

The wholesale revocation of student visas based on national origin — and without an investigation — is xenophobic and wrong,

the lawmakers said on social media

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

I think they’re just using the CCP to evoke a ‘Red Scare.’ They don’t really care about ideals,

the economics student said, referring to the historical periods of fear in the U.S. around the potential rise of communism and socialism

We know that many of our best and brightest talents are prominent scientists that have gone on to develop so many innovations that have changed the daily lives of so many Americans,

she said

In China, we’re all Chinese, so they cannot revoke our citizenship, but they can revoke the student record,

he said

My family and my best friends, they had a phone call with me to say, ‘Hey, I think maybe you should come back. We think that there’s no reason for you to stay in the U.S,’

he said