Rep. Riley Moore in March introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that would halt the issuance of student visas to Chinese nationals.
The West Virginia Republican’s bill has taken on new relevance in recent weeks as the Trump administration has sought to revoke the student visas for international students attending Harvard University. Chinese students represent the largest share of international students at Harvard.
Called the Stop CCP VISAs Act of 2025, Moore’s legislation would prohibit any individual who is a national of China from being issued a visa “for the purpose of conducting research or pursuing a course of study.” The CCP is an acronym for the Chinese Communist Party.
In an op-ed published in February, Moore sounded the alarm on Chinese spying on American and allied countries’ assets. He cited the case of five Chinese nationals who were…
