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Trump’s last vow “Aggressively cancels” Chinese student visas can affect as many 50,000 students in California, a population more than Palm Springs.
Sending these students home would have distant financial impacts. Foreign students not only pay higher education from public students, but also feed the local economies with the dollars they spend with local business. There are also intangible ones: many of these international students have remained in the United States after graduation, with some getting up well -known scientists or Business leaders.
In the announcement of the new policy on Wednesday, the State Department said it “puts America in the first place, not China.” The policy comes against the background of a tense trade war between the two countries. In its statement, the State Department does not specify when visas will begin to take away or who will be more specially directed, except that it will include “those with ties with the Chinese Communist Party or learning in critical areas.”
California is facing a A deficit of $ 12 billion In the next fiscal year, the University of California and the State University System in California may encounter 3% redundancies to their budgets as a result.
The loss of so many international students can worsen these fiscal problems. The UC is “concerned” about the State Department’s decision, said Stet Holbrook, a spokesman for the President of the UC President. “Chinese students, as well as all our international students, scientists, teachers and staff, are vital members of our university community and contribute significantly to our research, teaching, patient care and public service.”
In UC Davis, more than 3,600 students, or just over 9% of the student body, came from China – the highest of any university campus – according to the UC system Fall 2024 recording data. University of Southern California, Private University, had Almost twice as many students from China this year. The Cal States and California Community College system also enrolls hundreds and possibly thousands of students from China.
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San Jose State has the largest population of international students from any Cal State campus, according to State Department-funded exploration Through the Institute of International Education. "We are proud this spring alone that we have approximately 4,000 international students from 88 countries enriching our campus, hundreds of them end last week," said campus spokesman Michelle Smith McDonald. "Continuing national events", as a recent statement by the State Department, "raise questions and concerns" for these students.
For a sophomore at UC Santa Barbara, the message can create a "huge interruption" in her life, she said.
The student agreed to be interviewed on condition that she would only be identified by her nickname Huhu because she feared her visa could be directed. She said she had just signed a lease agreement, which expires June 2026. Like many Chinese students in the United States, Huhu did not take the entrance exam at a Chinese National University and instead took the SAT and AP exams to study in the United States. She said she couldn't enroll in a Chinese university now, even if she tried.
"We are also afraid of discrimination," she said. "If we are in a condition in which our visa can be canceled at any time, it is an action that encourages people to discriminate against the international student community."
Over the last few months, President Donald Trump's administration has canceled visas for thousands of international students in the United States, especially those who have participated in campus protests or have disciplinary problems in their records, including speeding up tickets or other minor violations. Secretary of State Marco Rubio also asked the US Embassies to Stop planning all new visa interviews For international students, Politico reported.
The administration recently restored visa status for international students after federal judges orders. The court orders also blocked another effort from the Trump administration to prevent Harvard University from enrolling international students.
But students in California are worried that these court orders may not last long. On Tuesday, the Student Government in UCLA issued resolution Calling the school to provide "clear guidance" on his plan of action in the event that Trump is aimed at his international students.
The pier Tana, junior from Dubai, was part of the committee that issued this resolution. On Tuesday, she became an international student representative of the UCLA student government. It was a whirlwind, she said. "There is a deep concern and a sense of fear among all."
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