Chinese Students in the United States Deported: Growing Concerns Rise Among International Students

[The Epoch Times, January 06, 2024](Epoch Times reporter Sheng Jing reported) Recently, about 10 students studying in the United States told the media that they were refused entry at the U.S. airport and were quickly deported back to China. This news attracted attention. Some netizens advised international students to be careful: Don’t be a little pink, otherwise you will be deported.

“China Science News” reported on the 5th that in recent months, Chinese students have repeatedly been forcibly deported by the United States.

Many international students studying in the United States recently told China Science News about their experiences of being deported, hoping to pass on more details to the public and serve as a warning to those who would like to study in the United States later.

Netizen Petrichor warned on Don’t gloat over earthquakes and forest fires in the United States and Canada, don’t engage in protests by besieging international students in Hong Kong, and don’t contact the consulate too frequently…otherwise you will be deported.”

Many international students were deported

Meng Fei (pseudonym), a doctoral student studying in the United States, just obtained a successfully updated one-year F1 study visa on November 27, 2023. Unexpectedly, he was quickly deported; what’s more serious is that he will be banned from entering the United States within 5 years.

Meng Fei flew from Beijing to Washington, and upon landing on December 19, 2023 local time, she was detained by US Customs at the airport, put into a secondary examination room (commonly known as a small black room) for 8 hours, and detained in a solitary room for 12 hours. ;Flyed to Los Angeles and was detained for 5 hours while waiting for transfer, and then sent back to Beijing.

If the appeal is unsuccessful, Meng Fei will not be able to defend his doctoral degree in the United States in 2024. The appeal will take at least 6 months, and her biological experiments cannot afford to wait.

Meng Fei is not the only one who has been deported recently. On the high-speed train returning to her hometown, she found 6 people who had the same experience at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) recently, and they were all girls. Not only that, she also discovered that two other girls were notified that their visas were revoked when they checked in at domestic airports in China and were unable to board the plane.

The experiences of these girls are similar. Wei Na and her roommate at Johns Hopkins University in the United States were locked up in a dark room on November 24, 2023. During the formal transcript, she was asked some sensitive questions, such as whether she had joined the military, whether she had any contact with the Ministry of Education of the Communist Party of China, and whether she had received state funding. She denies them all.

But the review officer still told her: “Your F1 and B1/B2 visas are no longer valid and you are not allowed to enter the United States. We will send you back to China on the earliest flight. You need to apply for a new visa to re-enter.”

The 10 people who were deported were all graduates from prestigious schools. Customs focused on examining their mobile phones

According to the report, as of press time, two more students studying in the United States have been refused entry, one was deported at the same airport, and one had his visa canceled before checking in in China. A total of 11 people were learned to have been deported.

Meng Fei created an Excel document for this purpose and collected information on 10 of the deportees. The document shows that the 10 people are all female graduates from prestigious universities, including Peking University, Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and University of Electronic Science and Technology of China; the professional backgrounds of their domestic degrees include biological sciences and preventive medicine. , Statistics, Materials Physics and Chemistry, Communication Engineering, German and Business Administration, etc.

They are currently studying in schools in the United States, including Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Virginia, etc. Among the 10 people, there are 2 first-year master’s students, 3 first-year doctoral students, 2 fifth-year doctoral students, and 1 A sixth-year doctoral student, there is also a postdoctoral fellow and a female student holding a work visa.

Key issues they encountered during the review include whether they received school scholarships as undergraduates, whether they received scholarship funding from the China Scholarship Council (CSC), and whether they participated in confidential research.

Among the eight repatriated students, four had received school-level scholarships as undergraduates, and one had received a CSC scholarship; they all said they had not participated in confidential research; one of them was also asked why she had a Russian tourist visa.

Meng Fei noticed that the censor focused on her mobile phone, while her computer and luggage were not carefully scrutinized.

The United States has responded: Presidential Decree No. 10043 only affects a very small number of people

The background of the United States’ review of Chinese students is that on June 3, 2020, former U.S. President Trump signed Executive Order No. 10043, which prohibits specific students and scholars from obtaining F/J visas for the sake of national security.

The report said that the schools and majors involved in these people are not within the scope of the executive order, and most of them have no obvious characteristics covered by Executive Order 10043. But there are some signs that the ban has broadened its reach in recent years and remains on track to expand further.

Wang Wenbin, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China, said on Thursday (4th) that in recent months, dozens of Chinese people, including international students, going to the United States have been forcibly repatriated by the United States every month. He accused the United States of politicizing and weaponizing academic research.

Currently, Meng Fei is seeking help from a lawyer, but the prospects are not clear. After all, the lawyer couldn’t tell from the documents what the customs’ reasons were for deporting her. It was difficult to prepare targeted materials, and the waiting time was unknown. They hope the five-year ban will be lifted.

In July 2021, the Chinese Communist Party media revealed that more than 500 Chinese science and engineering graduate students were denied visas by the United States, and the Chinese Communist Ministry of Foreign Affairs also made “stern representations” to the United States. However, the U.S. State Department and the Embassy in China responded at the time that the relevant visa restrictions were “highly targeted” and only affected a very small number of people.

A spokesperson for the U.S. State Department also responded to the BBC’s request for comment via email on July 7 of that year, saying that Presidential Order 10043 was “highly targeted” and affected less than 2% of Chinese applicants for F and J visas.

Netizens advise: Don’t be a little pink to support the CCP

For a long time, the CCP has tried its best to infiltrate the United States. There have been many media reports before that the CCP has set up international student party branches in American universities, holds regular overseas student party branch meetings, and organized various activities to cheer for the CCP.

Many netizens advise Chinese international students, “Don’t be a little pink (stand up for the CCP).”

“Osaka Mai”: I really hope this news is true. In response to these pink students, the United States and Japan should legislate to expel them.

“aaa762021”: And pink students are often the children and losers of the Zhao family who have gone to gold-plating.

Some netizens commented, “This should have been done a long time ago”, “Everyone should be reciprocal in diplomacy”, “The United States does not welcome ungrateful 50-cent pink maggot garbage, let them go back and be a good Red Guard, and make the best use of everything.” “Very good, very good.” “If you associate with the evil CCP, you will suffer disaster.”

Chinese students studying in the United States were deported, and netizens discussed it hotly. (Screenshot from Twitter)

Editor in charge: Wu Hao#

2024-01-05 21:08:12
#Chinese #student #studying #United #States #details #experience #deported #Netizen #pink #Epoch #Times