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A coalition of over 60 organizations is calling for the State Department to halt the implementation of a policy that would revoke the visas of Chinese international students.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, Asian American Scholar Forum, Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) and Stop AAPI Hate spearheaded a letter representing 64 organizations that are calling for the policy
On May 28, 2025, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that work his department would “work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields.”
In the announcement, Rubio also said that the State Department would revise current visa requirements for applicants from the People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong to make them stricter.
In the letter, the organizations say the policy “would not only contribute to an environment of fear, especially within the Asian American community, but also undermine U.S competitiveness and global leadership in critical areas of science and technology.”
“This administration’s fearmongering and abuse of national security pretexts is reprehensible. To be clear, this latest attack on Chinese students is an attack on the American principles of equal protection, academic freedom, and due process,” John C. Yang, President & Executive Director of AAJC, said in a statement.
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