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May 29, 2020

On May 29, 2020, the Trump administration announced Presidential Proclamation 10043 (PP 10043)"Suspension of Entry as Nonimmigrants of Certain Students and Researchers From the People's Republic of China." By September 9, 2020, CNBCreportedthat over 1,000 visas for Chinese nationals were cancelled because they were deemed security risks with military ties.  These students were not given any explanation as to why their visas were revoked under the Proclamation, nor any opportunity to challenge the revocation.  According toThe College Poston February 5, 2021, Visa restrictions may block one-fifth of Chinese graduate STEM enrollment annually.


On June 10, 2021, the American Council on Education (ACE) senta letter,co-signed by a number of higher education associations, to the U.S. Department of State under the Biden administration outlining concerns about the application of Presidential Proclamation 10043 on student and scholar visa applications at U.S. embassies/consulates.


On August 10, 2021,Forbesreported that "Biden Keeps Costly Trump Visa Policy Denying Chinese Grad Students." On September 15, 2021, a Department of State Federal Register noticeannounced the Secretary of State's delegation of authority to the Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs to make national interest determinations under the PRC "Military-Civil Fusion Strategy proclamation to exempt students and researchers who would be otherwise covered by the entry bar under that proclamation, but "whose entry would be in the national interest, as determined by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or their respective designees." 


On June 27, 2022, a civil lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois Urbana Division.  Led by a professor of Mathematics and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a group of students affected by the PP10043 ban, the lawsuit challenges the U.S. Government's continuing efforts to ban the entry of Chinese nationals who seek to study at U.S. universities. 

The Trump administration recently announced Presidential Proclamation 10043 (PP 10043) - "Suspension of Entry as Nonimmigrants of Certain Students and Researchers From the People's Republic of China."

Presidential Proclamation 10043

Presidential Proclamation 10043
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