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  1. June 23, 2023

    Trump's China Directive Found To Support, Not Supplant, INA

    An Illinois federal judge granted the Biden administration's bid to throw out a lawsuit challenging a Trump-era proclamation banning visas to Chinese nationals with connections to certain Chinese entities seeking foreign technologies, saying the policy didn't conflict with immigration law.

  2. October 21, 2022

    Ill. Professor, Students Can't Halt Chinese Student Visa Ban

    An Illinois university professor and students can't stop the Biden administration from enforcing a Trump-era policy barring student visas to Chinese nationals who are connected to any entity in China that supports its "military-civil fusion strategy," a federal judge has ruled, denying the plaintiffs' bid for a temporary restraining order.