U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 8, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Newsweek reports President Donald Trump’s supporters are raging against his plan to allow 600,000 Chinese students into the United States to study.

"I don't know a single Trump voter in favor of this," posted conservative attorney and commentator Marina Medvin on X.

Newsweek reports Trump proposed the plan as part of ongoing national trade talks with China, saying it was "very important" to allow Chinese students into the country.

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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA.) was among the critics of the plan, saying the U.S. "should not let in" students who may be loyal to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

"If refusing to allow these Chinese students to attend our schools causes 15 percent of them to fail then these schools should fail anyways because they are being propped up by the CCP,” posted Greene on X. “Why are we allowing 600,000 students from China to replace our American student's opportunities? We should never allow that."

Newsweek reports Trump's announcement marks a reversal from his administration's hardline "America First" policies that his base embraces. A few months ago, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the U.S. would "aggressively" revoke visas for Chinese students and tighten visa screening. But Trump, reversed his own secretary when he said in June that he had "always been in favor" of allowing Chinese students into the U.S. to story.

Trump's 600,000 figure would be the most Chinese students ever admitted to the U.S., according to Newsweek. The number of Chinese students peaked at 372,000 in the 2019-20 academic year, during Trump’s first term, according to the Institute of International Education.

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Members of the president's Make America Great Again movement, including Trump loyalist Laura Loomer are also slamming the plan, saying it runs counter to the administration's mass deportation efforts.

"If we are only mass deporting 1,000 illegals each day but allowing 600,000 Chinese spies to come to our country, how can we call them mass deportations? Do the math. We will never get rid of the millions who came in under Biden. It's basic math,” Loomer wrote.

Read the full Newsweek report at this link.