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President Suspends Entry of Certain Chinese Students and Researchers

The timing couldn’t be stranger given the national unrest we are currently going through, but President Trump formally issued a Proclamation on May 29, 2020, prohibiting certain Chinese nationals from obtaining F-1 or J-1 visas to study or research in the United States. Specifically, Chinese nationals who have been associated with entities that support the Chinese government’s “military-civil fusion strategy” and seek to pursue graduate level studies will not be eligible for the F-1 or J-1 visa. The suspension took effect today, June 1, 2020.

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President Trump’s Proposal to Suspend all Immigration to the U.S.

President Donald Trump tweeted last night (Monday, April 20) at around 7 PM PST / 10 PM EST that he will sign an executive order temporarily suspending all immigration to the U.S. in light of the coronavirus pandemic. The president has not offered any further details on the upcoming order, although the media reported this morning that the proposed executive order is for a temporary, 120-day suspension of employment-based visas into the United States.

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