The Chinese Communist Party is arming itself with technology acquired from our labs and research universities. We need to reconsider granting Chinese nationals visas to study dual-use science and technology, especially STEM students at the graduate level. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktH8sdPHl0&feature=youtu.be">https://www.youtube.com/watch... https://www.youtube.com/watch...
The People’s Liberation Army has even sent 500 military researchers to U.S. schools. This shows how the CCP exploits our openness to build its arsenal. https://www.ft.com/content/ebe95b76-d8cc-11e8-a854-33d6f82e62f8">https://www.ft.com/content/e...
The U.S. government has restricted visas before to protect IP and national security.

In 2012, President Obama signed legislation prohibiting Iranian students from studying energy or nuclear science here.

https://www.congress.gov/112/plaws/publ158/PLAW-112publ158.pdf">https://www.congress.gov/112/plaws...
Campaign advisors for Joe Biden & Liz Warren have endorsed my legislative proposal to prohibit Chinese military-affiliated students from receiving visas to the United States. They even recommend that “broader screening could still be required.”
https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.cnas.org/documents/CNAS-Report-NDAA-final-6.pdf?mtime=20200116130752">https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.cna...
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