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Tuberville Unveils Bill to Bar Iran, North Korea and Chinese Students From U.S. Universities

Critics warn that blocking students from these nations could weaken academic freedom, drain billions in export revenue, shrink U.S. STEM capacity

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Overview

  • The Student Visa Integrity Act, unveiled July 31 on Fox Business, would prohibit nationals from Iran, North Korea and China and cap overall international enrollment.
  • Tuberville frames the measure as a national security step to block adversary students from acquiring skills that could threaten the United States.
  • A 1990–2018 Department of Education analysis shows international undergraduates neither reduce American enrollment nor displace domestic students and instead correlate with increased U.S. STEM degrees.
  • In the 2023–24 academic year, over 1.1 million international students studied in the U.S., generating approximately $50 billion in export revenue, with Chinese students comprising about a quarter of that population.
  • Groups such as NAFSA and scholars at the Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center warn that nationality-based restrictions risk undermining academic freedom and diplomatic relations.