“As of September 8, 2020, the Department has revoked more than 1,000 visas of PRC [People’s Republic of China] nationals who were found to be subject to Presidential Proclamation 10043 and therefore ineligible for a visa,” the spokesperson said in the statement on Wednesday.
The spokesperson said the number of high-risk Chinese graduate students and researchers considered ineligible is a small number compared to the total number of Chinese students and scholars allowed to study in the United States.
On June 1, the United States began to implement a presidential measure to restrict the entry of Chinese graduate students and researchers with ties to China‘s military.