The announcement by Secretary of State Marco Rubio marked a show of defiance after China criticized his decision a day earlier to suspend visa appointments for students worldwide at least temporarily.
The United States will “aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields,“ Rubio said in a statement.
Young Chinese people have long been crucial to US universities, which rely on international students paying full tuition.
Trump in his previous term also took aim at Chinese students but focused attention on those in sensitive fields or with explicit links with the military.
Global uncertainty
Rubio has already trumpeted the revocation of thousands of visas, largely to international students who were involved in activism critical of Israel.
The measures also threaten to pressure students from countries friendly to the United States.
“I understand the process may be delayed but there is still some time before the semester begins in mid-August,“ said the 27-year-old student who did not want to be identified.
Protests at Harvard
A judge paused the order to bar foreign students pending a hearing scheduled for Thursday, the same day as the university’s graduation ceremony for which thousands of students and their families had gathered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
“The president is more interested in giving that taxpayer money to trade schools and programs and state schools where they are promoting American values, but most importantly, educating the next generation based on skills that we need in our economy and our society,“ White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Fox News.
“I don’t know if I’d pursue a PhD here. Six years is a long time,“ said Jack, a history of medicine student from Britain who is graduating this week and gave only a first name.
Harvard has filed extensive legal challenges against Trump’s measures.
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