Breaking: Overnight, Congressman Riley Moore of West Virginia introduced a bill to Congress to halt the issuance of student visas to Chinese nationals.
The bill entitled “Stop Chinese Communist Prying by Vindicating Intellectual Safeguards in Academia Act (Stop CCP VISAs Act)” seeks to block Chinese students from studying in the USA and is based on “Chinese students have been caught spying on the U.S. military or stealing advanced technology from American companies.”
The bill is co-sponsored by Five House lawmakers: Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX); Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA); Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX); Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN); and Rep. Addison McDowell (R-NC).
Congressman Moore says “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. Just last year, the FBI charged five Chinese nationals here on student visas after they were caught photographing joint US-Taiwan live fire military exercises. This cannot continue.”
“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.”
The bill is yet to be made available on Congress’s website.
No doubt there is more to come on this.
The congressman’s press statement can be seen here.
