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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.
It is a well-established fact that the Chinese Communist Party sends PRC nationals to collect or steal cutting-edge intellectual property from U.S. campuses.
The FBI is currently investigating more than a thousand cases of Chinese IP theft. https://www.csis.org/analysis/fbi-director-christopher-wrays-opening-remarks-china-initiative-conference
The FBI is currently investigating more than a thousand cases of Chinese IP theft. https://www.csis.org/analysis/fbi-director-christopher-wrays-opening-remarks-china-initiative-conference
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
Recently, the DOJ indicted a Chinese researcher at Harvard who was allegedly attempting to flee to China with stolen biological research and an undercover Chinese military officer at Boston University researching U.S. military projects. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/harvard-university-professor-and-two-chinese-nationals-charged-three-separate-china-related
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
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
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.cnas.org/documents/CNAS-Report-NDAA-final-6.pdf?mtime=20200116130752
American laws governing immigration and visas should first and foremost benefit Americans.
Chinese scientists, students, and professors stealing intellectual property for the CCP does not benefit the American people. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/02/15/fbi-director-testifies-chinese-students-and-intelligence-threats
Chinese scientists, students, and professors stealing intellectual property for the CCP does not benefit the American people. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/02/15/fbi-director-testifies-chinese-students-and-intelligence-threats
