House Republican calls for yanking student visas of Chinese nationals

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is pressing the State Department to yank F-1 and J-1 student visas issued to Chinese individuals.

"I write today to urge the immediate suspension and cancellation of all F-1 and J-1 student visas held by Chinese nationals currently studying at institutions of higher education across the United States, considering recently declassified intelligence detailing the Chinese Communist Party's efforts to interfere in American elections," she wrote in a July 20 letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Fox News Digital reached out to the State Department on Tuesday: "We generally do not comment on congressional correspondence," a department spokesperson noted "The Trump Administration is protecting our nation and its citizens by upholding the highest standards of national security and public safety through our visa process."

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President Donald Trump delivered an address to the nation last week in which he said that documents "show that over a period of years, starting during the 2020 election cycle, the People’s Republic of China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history — resulting in China’s illicit acquisition of 220 million U.S. voter files.

"That information includes names, addresses, phone numbers, political party preferences, and other sensitive data that would be needed to register to vote, and engage in other nefarious activities, which is exactly what was happening," he said.

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In her letter to Rubio, Luna wrote, "As I stated publicly following the President's address: every single Chinese student visa needs to be canceled immediately. 
This is a necessary and proportionate response to a documented state-sponsored effort to undermine the integrity of American elections."

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"We urge the Department of State to immediately review and revoke all active Chinese national student visas, and to halt the issuance of new visas to Chinese nationals pending a full accounting of the extent of this infiltration and a comprehensive review of vetting procedures at our institutions of higher education," she wrote.