In a move that seems to be an absolute reversal of his previous policies, President Trump has announced plans to allow 600,000 Chinese students to go to American universities, though they can only stay for 4 years. Trump defended the decision, claiming “We’re getting along very well with China…it’s very insulting to say ‘students can’t come here.”
He offered more defense, further claiming “Because they’ll go out and start building schools … but I like that [China’s] students come here. I like that other countries’ students come here. And you know what would happen if they didn’t? Our college system would go to hell, very quickly. … And it wouldn’t be the top colleges; it would be colleges that struggle on the bottom. …
And I told this to President Xi: That we’re honored to have their students here. Now with that, we check, and we’re careful, and we see who’s there … But we have a tremendous college system, the best in the world. Nobody even close — that’s why China sends them here. You can call it an industry if you want … I’m honored to have the students from China come here.”
Trump’s Chinese Student Visa Policy Is An Un-American Risk– thefederalist.com Source Link Excerpt:
President Trump and his administration are facing blowback for their plan to allow hundreds of thousands of Chinese nationals to continue studying at U.S. universities — and rightly so.
Throughout the past several days, America’s commander-in-chief has doubled down on his ill-advised infatuation with granting these individuals access to the United States’ premier academic institutions.
After first claiming on Monday that it’s “very important” to allow 600,000 Chinese students to attend American colleges — more than double the estimated number admitted annually — Trump reaffirmed his support for such a policy during a Tuesday cabinet meeting. Speaking to reporters, the president contended that “it’s very insulting to say [China’s] students can’t come here.”
“Because they’ll go out and start building schools … but I like that [China’s] students come here. I like that other countries’ students come here,” Trump said. “And you know what would happen if they didn’t? Our college system would go to hell, very quickly. … And it wouldn’t be the top colleges; it would be colleges that struggle on the bottom. … And I told this to President Xi: That we’re honored to have their students here.”
“Now with that, we check, and we’re careful, and we see who’s there … But we have a tremendous college system, the best in the world. Nobody even close — that’s why China sends them here. You can call it an industry if you want … I’m honored to have the students from China come here,” he added.
According to Townhall’s Katie Pavlich, a White House official has since claimed that “President Trump isn’t proposing an increase in student visas for Chinese students,” but that “[t]he 600k references two years worth of visas.”
“It’s simply a continuation of existing policy,” the official reportedly said.
🚨 JUST IN: President Trump says it’s “INSULTING” to say 600K Chinese students shouldn’t come to America, and that if we kicked them out, our university system would “go to hell!”
“We’re getting along very well with China…it’s very insulting to say ‘students can’t come here.’… pic.twitter.com/rCQTYbNRVt
