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'Deport Xi Jinping's daughter': MAGA after Marco Rubio says US will begin revoking visas of Chinese students
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced visa revocations for Chinese students connected to the Communist Party.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that the U.S. will begin revoking visas of individuals connected to regimes that censor Americans.
However, later that day, he posted on X, “The U.S. will begin revoking visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields.”
Xi Jinping’s daughter, Xi Mingze, has always avoided the public eye. However, several Chinese outlets reported earlier that she attended Harvard under a pseudonym several years ago.
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Far-right MAGA activist Laura Loomer was quick to respond with a fiery message online: “LET’S GO! DEPORT XI JINPING’S DAUGHTER! She lives in Massachusetts and went to Harvard!”
“Sources tell me PLA guards from the CCP provide her with private security on US soil in Massachusetts!” Loomer added.
DHS cuts Harvard from student visa program; Noem orders this
Just a day earlier, the State Department, under Rubio’s signature, issued a cable instructing, “Effective immediately, in preparation for an expansion of required social media screening and vetting, consular sections should not add any additional student or exchange visitor (F, M, and J) visa appointment capacity until further guidance is issued,” pe The Hill.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement later reinstated over 1,500 student visa registrations.
Last week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) took the drastic step of terminating Harvard University’s participation in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP). DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said Harvard’s current international students must transfer elsewhere or risk falling out of legal immigration status.
Speaking from the Oval Office, Donald Trump floated, “These countries aren’t helping us. They’re not investing in Harvard … we are. So why would 31 percent — why would a number so big?”
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“I think they should have a cap of maybe around 15 percent, not 31 percent.”
“We have people [who] want to go to Harvard and other schools, [but] they can’t get in because we have foreign students there. But I want to make sure that the foreign students are people that can love our country,” he added.
