President Donald Trump has sparked controversy by expressing concerns about the potential risks associated with allowing 600,000 Chinese students to study in the United States. The administration’s proposed student visa policy has been met with alarm from conservative figures and security experts, who fear that this could enable the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to exert undue influence on American campuses. China policy analyst Michael Sobolik, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, has warned that Chinese students in the U.S. could become a major national security liability, as the CCP may exploit their presence for malign influence operations and espionage. He emphasized that the CCP has been reappropriating fundamental and applied research from American universities, taking it back to China and compromising American innovations. Sobolik also pointed out that the CCP’s influence is not limited to direct interference but extends to the complicity of American universities, which prioritize financial gain over national security. While the White House has clarified that the policy is a continuation of existing guidelines, some critics argue that the proposal could set a precedent for the CCP to further expand its influence in the U.S. academic sector. The issue has sparked significant debate, with some lawmakers calling the policy an alarming move that could undermine American institutional integrity and national interests.