{"id":2436526,"date":"2025-05-19T14:46:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ashley-moody-proposes-bill-to-prohibit-chinese-student-visas\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T14:47:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:47:37","slug":"ashley-moody-proposes-bill-to-prohibit-chinese-student-visas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ashley-moody-proposes-bill-to-prohibit-chinese-student-visas\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashley Moody proposes bill to prohibit Chinese student visas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fashley-moody-proposes-bill-to-prohibit-chinese-student-visas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2436526&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Florida Senator Ashley Moody has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >proposed legislation aimed<\/a> at banning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cancels-trump-dhs-proposal-targeting-terrorists-spies\/\" title=\"Biden Cancels Trump DHS Proposal Targeting Terrorists, Spies\">student visas<\/a> for Chinese nationals, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reduces-support-for-s-arabia-in-another-boon-to-iran\/\" title=\"Biden reduces support for S. Arabia in another boon to Iran\">citing concerns<\/a> over espionage. The bill, titled the Stop chinese Communist Prying by Vindicating Intellectual Safeguards in Academia Act of 2025, has received backing from several Republican representatives. Moody argues that China requires individuals on student visas to gather intelligence for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),questioning the logic behind granting these visas when there are important security risks involved. She emphasized that obtaining a student visa is not a right and referenced past actions by her predecessor, marco Rubio, regarding visa restrictions for individuals whose views oppose U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">foreign policy<\/a>. Data presented by another Republican senator indicated a substantial increase in the number of Chinese nationals residing in the U.S. and highlighted similar concerns about immigration patterns in Florida.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ashley Moody proposes bill to prohibit Chinese student visas: &lsquo;Spying is happening&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2121662\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ashley-moody\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ashley Moody<\/a> (R-FL) claimed her motivation behind proposing legislation to stop issuing student visas to <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Chinese<\/a> immigrants was a concern regarding <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/espionage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">espionage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Weeks into Moody&rsquo;s first term in the Senate, she introduced the Stop Chinese Communist Prying by Vindicating Intellectual Safeguards in Academia Act of 2025. In the House, she already has the support of Reps. Riley Moore (R-WV), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Troy Nehls (R-TX), and Brandon Gill (R-TX), among others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3415243\/chris-murphy-biden-democrats-2024-actions\/\">Murphy says one &#8216;can&#8217;t defend&#8217; Democratic Party&#8217;s 2024 actions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3412793\/cory-booker-messaging-silo-outreach-house-democrats\/\">Cory Booker breaks messaging &lsquo;silo&rsquo; with outreach to House Democrats<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3412461\/bill-cassidy-senate-help-charter-schools\/\">Bill Cassidy holds event on expanding access to charter schools after introducing bill to cut &#8216;red tape&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re giving 300,000 [visas] a year to come into our universities and to come into this country,&rdquo; Moody said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Sunday Night in America<\/em>. &ldquo;They are required by law, under penalty &mdash; some of their families have even been hauled in by the CCP &mdash; to gather intelligence and cooperate with the CCP. So why we are offering visas, why these are still being handed out is insane at this time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2941280&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=1bcade6c4d105ffaa1d05923937cca9a\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Moody echoed her predecessor, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, when she assured that &ldquo;getting a student visa is not a right.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3408071\/scott-bessent-trade-deal-biden-ignored\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>BESSENT SAYS CHINA &lsquo;IGNORED THEIR OBLIGATIONS&rsquo; ON TRADE UNDER BIDEN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Rubio has gone as far as to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3345874\/rubio-mahmoud-khalil-arrest-dont-have-right-be-in-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">defend<\/a>&nbsp;the decision<\/span>s to detain certain visa holders accused of attending protests featuring terrorist propaganda. The secretary reminded them that they are &ldquo;visitors&rdquo; and &ldquo;don&rsquo;t have a right to be in the United States.&rdquo; Rubio confirmed that visas would not be granted to people who are forthcoming about their views that are counter to U.S. foreign policy interests.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3390032\/markwayne-mullin-warns-democrats-digging-into-lost-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"cited data\">cited data<\/a> showing 250,000 Chinese nationals living in the U.S. Moody previously noted that Florida alone has experienced an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3312880\/ashley-moody-florida-finally-secure-border-thanks-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"8,000%\">8,000%<\/a> increase in Chinese immigrants crossing into the state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2121662\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2121662\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashley Moody proposes bill to ban Chinese student visas, citing espionage concerns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2436527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ashley-Moody-April-2025.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[48122,55534,55533,40850,36382],"class_list":["post-2436526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ashley-moody","tag-bill-proposal","tag-chinese-student-visas","tag-florida-news","tag-immigration-policy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ashley-Moody-April-2025.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2436526"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2436530,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436526\/revisions\/2436530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2436527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2436526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2436526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2436526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}