Get tough on China by stopping Chinese Communist Party espionage in U.S. universities and restricting visas for CCP-linked nationals.
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Derived from a tracked promise: “Get tough on China by stopping Chinese Communist Party espionage in U.S. universities and restricting visas for CCP-linked nationals.”
Sources
- Office of U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (cotton.senate.gov)https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-colleagues-introduce-bill-to-end-chinas-access-to-multi-year-visas ↗
“Since 2014, the Chinese Communist Party has had access to 10-year business and tourist visas, which allow Chinese citizens to enter and exit the United States as they please.”
- Office of U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (cotton.senate.gov)https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-blackburn-kustoff-unveil-bill-to-restrict-chinese-stem-graduate-student-visas-and-thousand-talents-participants ↗
“The Chinese Communist Party has long used American universities to conduct espionage on the United States ... The SECURE CAMPUS Act will protect our national security.”
- Office of U.S. Representative Andy Barr (barr.house.gov)https://barr.house.gov/2025/9/barr-cotton-unveil-bill-to-stop-ccp-and-foreign-adversaries-from-exploiting-u-s-universities ↗
“Barr, Cotton Unveil Bill to Stop CCP and Foreign Adversaries from Exploiting U.S. Universities”