‘Congress needs to end China’s exploitation of our student visa program,’ Rep. Riley Moore said.
A group of House Republicans on Friday introduced legislation to ban Chinese citizens from obtaining U.S. student visas, citing national security concerns associated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Rep. Riley Moore (R-W. Va.), a first-term congressman who sits on the Appropriations Committee, led the “Stop Chinese Communist Prying by Vindicating Intellectual Safeguards in Academia Act of 2025,” or the “Stop CCP VISAs Act of 2025.”
“Every year we allow nearly 300,000 Chinese nationals to come to the U.S. on student visas. We’ve literally invited the CCP to spy on our military, steal our intellectual property, and threaten national security,” Moore said in a statement to The Epoch Times.
“Congress needs to end China’s exploitation of our student visa program. It’s time we turn off the spigot and immediately ban all student visas going to Chinese nationals,” Moore added.
It says that “an alien who is a national of the People’s Republic of China may not be issued a visa or otherwise provided status as a nonimmigrant … for the purpose of conducting research or pursuing a course of study.”
The bill is expected to affect visas issued for academic students, vocational students, and exchange visitors.
Cosponsors of the legislation include Reps. Brandon Gill (R-Texas), Scott Perry (R-Pa.), and Addison McDowell (R-N.C.).
“The Chinese Communist Party is fundamentally opposed to our American values, and yet we have handed out hundreds of thousands of student visas to Chinese nationals, many of whom are state-sponsored spies,” Gill said in a statement to The Epoch Times.
Perry told The Epoch Times it “makes ZERO sense” to allow so many Chinese nationals to come to the United States annually to “infiltrate American academic institutions.”
McDowell said the act “closes the loopholes on this national security threat and puts America first.”
“It’s clear China is taking advantage of these visas to spy on our military, steal American research, and infiltrate our schools. Enough is enough,” he said in a statement.
“China is the world’s principal infringer of intellectual property. The annual cost to the U.S. economy of counterfeit goods, pirated software, and theft of trade secrets is between $225 billion and $600 billion,” the FBI states.
Original News Source Link – Epoch Times
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