WASHINGTON — Chinese students studying in the U.S. are scrambling to figure out their futures after Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday that some of them would have their visas revoked.

The U.S. will begin revoking the visas of some Chinese students, including those studying in “critical fields" and "those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party," according to the announcement.

China is the second-largest country of origin for international students in the United States, behind only India. In the 2023-2024 school year, more than 270,000 international students were from China, making up roughly a quarter of all foreign students in the U.S.

Rubio's announcement was a “new version of the Chinese Exclusion Act,” said Liqin, a Chinese student at Johns Hopkins Universi

See Full Page