“In China, the government can control education, high schools, colleges, universities. We thought that the USA could be different," one student said.

Chinese students say they’re questioning their decision to study in the U.S. after Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the federal government will attempt to “aggressively” revoke their visas.

Rubio said Wednesday that Chinese students “with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields” would be targeted.

Chinese students who spoke to NBC News on Thursday said that they came to the U.S. for freedoms they felt they did not have back in China but that now the Trump administration is starting to resemble the strict regime they left behind.

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    2 days ago

    Weren’t we complaining about rich Chinese international students not too long ago? There was a student association president in a university who was of Uygyr decent and got harassed constantly by the Chinese students. I know the US sucks, and we need other partners, but maybe hold off on the open arms invitation to China so we don’t end up being screwed by another superpower.