Republicans propose blocking Chinese graduate students and researchers from STEM fields

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Two Republican senators proposed a ban on issuing visas to Chinese graduate students and researchers in science and technology fields.

Sens. Tom Cotton and Marsha Blackburn argued that blocking Chinese students and researchers from receiving visas in STEM fields would protect “American ingenuity.”

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