China News Service, January 29. According to the website of the Chinese Embassy in the United States, many Chinese students were recently interrogated and harassed by U.S. border law enforcement officers when entering the country from Washington Dulles International Airport, and their visas were canceled and sent back to the country. . These international students all hold legal documents. They returned to the United States after returning to their home countries for vacation, traveling to a third country, or attending a conference, or came to the United States when they were freshmen. During this period, they were questioned for a long time, and their electronic devices were inspected, and some were even restricted. Personal freedom lasts for more than ten hours, and contact with the outside world is prohibited. The relevant practices of U.S. border law enforcement officers have seriously affected the studies of Chinese students studying abroad and caused great psychological damage.
The Chinese Embassy in the United States attaches great importance to safeguarding the safety and legitimate rights and interests of Chinese students studying abroad, and has made solemn representations to the United States in this regard. The United States frequently conducts unwarranted interrogations and even repatriates Chinese students studying abroad, which seriously damages the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens and runs counter to the consensus reached by the heads of state of China and the United States during their meeting in San Francisco on promoting people-to-people and cultural exchanges between the two countries. We strongly urge the U.S. to stop its wrong practices, stop unwarranted harassment, interrogation, and deportation of Chinese students studying abroad, and effectively implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state on supporting Sino-U.S. cultural exchanges and encouraging the expansion of overseas students.
The Chinese Embassy in the United States would like to remind those who plan to study in the United States to carefully choose to enter through Washington Dulles International Airport. At the same time, you should increase your safety awareness when entering the United States, learn more about U.S. immigration policies and regulations, make preparations for your trip in advance, bring all your immigration information, and keep your school contact information. If you encounter interrogation by U.S. border law enforcement officers, stay calm, cooperate rationally, and respond appropriately; if you encounter unfair treatment, please write down the information of the law enforcement officers on site, carefully check the contents of the documents that need to be signed, ask for backups, retain necessary evidence, and contact your supervisor afterwards Complain to the official website of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) (https://help.cbp.gov/s/complaints?language=en_US) or protect your rights and interests through legal channels, and contact the Chinese Embassy or Consulate in the United States for assistance. assist.
Global Consular Protection and Service Emergency Hotline of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (24 hours):
+86-10-12308 or +86-10-65612308
Telephone number for consular protection and assistance of the Chinese Embassy and Consulates in the United States:
Embassy in the United States: +1-202-4952216
Consulate General in New York: +1-212-6953125
Consulate General in San Francisco: +1-415-2168525
Consulate General in Los Angeles: +1-213-8078052
Consulate General in Chicago: +1-312-7800170