{"id":848,"date":"2025-03-14T19:23:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T20:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/?p=848"},"modified":"2025-03-18T14:26:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T14:26:42","slug":"west-virginia-republicans-bill-would-ban-visas-for-chinese-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/14\/west-virginia-republicans-bill-would-ban-visas-for-chinese-students\/","title":{"rendered":"West Virginia Republican’s bill would ban visas for Chinese students"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First-term Rep. Riley Moore (R-W.Va.) is backing legislation that would prohibit all Chinese nationals from obtaining student visas.<\/p>\n

The bill, dubbed the Stop Chinese Communist Prying by Vindicating Intellectual Safeguards in Academia Act (Stop CCP VISAs Act) would cut off the threat of Chinese students spying on the American government or stealing advanced technology, Moore said in a news release<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n

“Every year we allow nearly 300,000 Chinese nationals to come to the U.S. on student visas. We\u2019ve literally invited the CCP to spy on our military, steal our intellectual property and threaten national security,” Moore said in a statement, referring to the Chinese Communist Party. “Congress needs to end China\u2019s exploitation of our student visa program. It\u2019s time we turn off the spigot and immediately ban all student visas going to Chinese nationals.”<\/p>\n

Moore said in a post on social platform X<\/a> that he introduced the legislation Friday with co-sponsors Republican Reps. Brandon Gill (Texas), Addison McDowell (N.C.), Troy Nehls (Texas), Andy Ogles (Tenn.) and Scott Perry (Pa.).<\/p>\n

Moore’s bill does not yet appear<\/a> in Congress’s digital repository of legislation, and a spokesperson for Moore didn’t immediately respond to The Hill’s request for a copy of the proposed legislation or additional information.<\/p>\n

A Fox News article<\/a> on Moore’s plan, which the congressman’s office linked to on his government website, includes a short two-page draft document.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn alien who is a national of the People\u2019s Republic of China may not be issued a visa or otherwise provided status as a non-immigrant \u2026 for the purpose of conducting research or pursuing a course of study,\u201d it reads.<\/p>\n

The government issued 289,526 student visas to Chinese nationals in 2023, according to the data compiled<\/a> by Open Doors, which is sponsored by the State Department.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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,\u201d Gill said in a statement.<\/p>\n

They pointed to three specific cases in arguing the legislation\u2019s importance:<\/p>\n