‘You’re just not welcome’: researchers grapple with US plan to revoke Chinese student visas

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Graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and science laboratory leaders are reeling after an announcement last week that the US government will revoke visas for Chinese students — and they are contacting lawyers.

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Nature 642, 277-278 (2025)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-01746-0

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