Laura Loomer Calls For Xi Jinping's Daughter's Deportation From US Amid Student Visa Row
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Spotlight turned to Xi Mingze, the daughter of Jinping after Loomer claimed that she is living in Massachusetts under heavy security.
American far-right MAGA activist Laura Loomer has called for the deportation of Chinese President Xi Jinping's daughter following US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's announcement that the United States will begin 'aggressively" revoking visas of Chinese students.
'The US will begin revoking visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields," Rubio said in a post on X.
Rubio added that the State Department will revise visa criteria to impose stricter scrutiny on all future applications from China and Hong Kong.
Spotlight turned to Xi Mingze, the daughter of Jinping after Loomer claimed that she is living in Massachusetts under heavy security.
'LET'S GO! DEPORT XI JINPING'S DAUGHTER! She lives in Massachusetts and went to Harvard! Sources tell me PLA guards from the CCP provide her with private security on US soil in Massachusetts!" she said on X.
Loomer declared that she intended to question Xi Mingze about her father's policies, saying, 'Communists don't belong in our country."
Xi Mingze has remained intensely private, with most details of her life shrouded in secrecy. She studied under a false name at Harvard University from 2010 to 2014, majoring in psychology, after previously attending Zhejiang University and the Hangzhou Foreign Language School.
Who Is Laura Loomer?
The 31-year-old Loomer first shot to the limelight through her far-right activism, putting forth her controversial views on Islam and her incendiary statements.
According to Firstpost, Loomer ran for US Congress in Florida's 21st district in 2020, winning the Republican primary. However, she lost the general election to Democrat Lois Frankel and her subsequent bid in 2022 too was unsuccessful.
China swiftly condemned the US government's visa crackdown as Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning labeled the move 'politically motivated" and accused Washington of weaponizing ideology under the guise of national security.
'The US decision to revoke visas is entirely groundless. It harms the legitimate rights of Chinese students and damages educational and cultural exchanges. China firmly opposes this move and has lodged an official protest," Mao Ning said.
International students – India and China together accounting for 54% of them – contributed more than $50 billion to the US economy in 2023, according to the US Department of Commerce.
The Trump administration has broadened social media screening for foreign students and is pushing to increase deportations and revoke student visas as part of its broader hardline immigration strategy.
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May 30, 2025, 17:04 IST
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