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Trump ignites conservative backlash after opening door to 600,000 Chinese students: ‘What is this madness?’

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President Donald Trump’s plan to allow 600,000 Chinese student visas to be issued sparked backlash from the right on Monday and Tuesday.

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«I hear so many stories that we’re not going to allow their students,» Trump told reporters as trade talks with China are ongoing.

«We’re going to allow their students to come in. It’s very important, 600,000 students. It’s very important. But we’re going to get along with China,» he continued.

Trump expanded on his comments during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday.

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«I think it’s very insulting to say students can’t come here because they’ll go out and start building schools and they’ll be able to survive it. But I like that their students come here. I like that other countries’ students come here. And you know what would happen if they didn’t? Our college system would go to hell very quickly. And it wouldn’t be the top colleges, so it’d be colleges that struggle on the bottom. And you take out 300,000 or 600,000 students out of the system,» Trump said.

«I like having, and I told this to President Xi that we’re honored to have their students here. Now, with that, we check in with careful and we see who’s there,» he added.

TRUMP OPENS DOOR TO 600,000 CHINESE STUDENTS AMID BEIJING TRADE TALKS

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Donald Trump says 600,000 Chinese students could be allowed into the U.S. to study at its colleges pending a potential trade agreement with China. (Fox News)

Some immigration groups and conservative voices on social media voiced their opposition to the proposal.

«We should not let in 600,000 CHINESE students to attend American colleges and universities that may be loyal to the CCP,» Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., posted on X late Monday night. «If refusing to allow these Chinese students to attend our schools causes 15% of them to fail then these schools should fail anyways because they are being propped up by the CCP.»

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«Granting 600,000 student visas to Chinese nationals threatens to put foreign students ahead of U.S. graduates,» Joe Chatham, director of government relations at the Federation for American Immigration Reform, told Fox News Digital in a statement.

«The focus now must be on reforms to limit access to sectors crucial to our economy and national security that have repeatedly been the target of corporate espionage and intellectual property theft—not expanding access to hostile countries. Educating foreign nationals should never be put before the interests of U.S. citizens and ensuring that our nation thrives,» he continued.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick delved further into the Trump administration’s view on the matter when pressed on «The Ingraham Angle.»

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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in the Oval Office of the White House on Aug. 6, 2025. (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

«The president’s point of view is that what would happen if you didn’t have those 600K students is that you’d empty them from the top, all the students would go up to better schools, and the bottom 15% of universities and colleges would go out of business in America.»

«He’s taking a rational economic view, which is classic Donald Trump,» Lutnick added.

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Many suggested that the free market should come into play with these colleges that could be at a potential financial risk. 

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«Let them go under, then! What is this madness? NO. WE DON’T WANT MORE CHINESE STUDENTS. We actually don’t want any,» conservative commentator Kira Davis wrote.

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«15% going under isn’t a bad thing,» writer Ryan Girdusky posted to X.

«Trump’s team is not capable of defending his Chinese student visa program,» conservative lawyer Marina Medvin posted on X. «That’s because they don’t actually want it either. It’s hard to sell something you don’t like.»

TRUMP SAYS HE WANTS FOREIGN STUDENTS WHO DON’T ‘CAUSE TROUBLE,’ SLAMS HARVARD FOR BEING ‘A BIG SHOT’

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Banners on the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 27, 2025. (Sophie Park/Bloomberg)

«So this is essentially a subsidy for academia. Got it. American universities shouldn’t need an influx of foreign students in order to stay afloat. If they can’t survive on American enrollment, then let them go under. Plus, Chinese students steal our research and send it home,» Josh Peterson, a full stack developer and investigative journalist, posted.

Conservative commentator Liz Wheeler unleashed on the Trump White House, saying these Chinese students should be banned.

«Chinese ‘students’ are all spies for the Chinese Communist Party. They’re forced to be. They steal our intellectual property. They steal our tech. They steal our intel. They cozy up to our military,» Wheeler posted on X. «Trump should ban all Chinese students from U.S. universities. Deport them all.»

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«This is the dumbest explanation I’ve heard. By all means, put colleges & universities out of business!» Wheeler said in response to Lutnick’s defense of Trump’s policy. «Their business is indoctrinating students into hardened revolutionary Marxists. If you want to save America, you’ll have to raze the university system. Perfect chance to start.»

Others agreed with Lutnick’s perspective on the issue, saying that it could actually help the United States bring in more talent domestically. 

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«This is not as horrible as people are making it out to be. Chinese students on U.S. visas aren’t average kids. They represent the top tier of China’s youth,» podcast host Joshua Reid posted to X.

«On the other side, we are hosting China’s future leaders, scientists, and innovators. Which also means that American culture returns home with them. When you start to think about emergent tech, this is actually a great idea. Bring the top level students over the US. This is talent that is pulled away from China and now becomes a national asset,» Reid added.

Fox News Digital’s Emma Bussey contributed to this report.

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Cuadro robado por los nazis: la justicia de Mar del Plata investiga a las hijas de un exmiembro de las SS

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El cuadro robado por los nazis y detectado en Mar del Plata sigue desaparecido. No fue encontrado por personal de la Policía Federal que allanó este martes la casa donde fue encontrado por periodistas de un diario neerlandés.

El fiscal Carlos Martínez, que lleva la causa, afirmó que la pintura no estaba en la vivienda. “No está el cuadro, solo se secuestró una carabina y un revólver calibre 32”, dijo.

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El diario local La Capital dijo que los agentes que llevaron adelante el allanamiento advirtieron un cambio en la decoración de la casa en relación a las imágenes que se habían publicado en el aviso de venta activo hasta el domingo y en el que se veía la pintura colgada en una sala de estar.

La investigación la lleva adelante la Unidad Federal Fiscal marplatense. En forma paralela, Interpol emitió alertas nacionales e internacionales para evitar que la pintura “Retrato de una Dama”, del artista italiano Giuseppe Ghislandi, salga del país.

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La casa había sido puesta a la venta por una de las hijas del exoficial de la SS Friedrich Kadgien, que escapó a la Argentina en los años 50 y donde murió en 1978. Según supo TN, la mujer estuvo presente en el allanamiento.

La agencia de Patrimonio Cultural de los Países Bajos afirma que el ex alto funcionario nazi le robó la pintura al galerista judío Jacques Goudstikker, cuya colección de obras de arte fue expoliada por los nazis.

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El caso fue destapado el lunes por una investigación del diario Algemeen Dagblad, de Rotterdam.

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La pista era seguida desde hace años, pero las hijas de Kadgien, cuyos nombres se reservan, siempre se negaron a hablar del tema, contó a TN el corresponsal del periódico, Peter Schouten.

El “Retrato de una dama”, del pintor italiano Giuseppe Ghislandi. (Foto: Cortesía/Algemmen Dagblad).

Sin embargo, un descuido reveló el misterio. Una de las hermanas puso a la venta su casa y entre las fotos publicadas por la inmobiliaria se ve lo que parece ser el cuadro de Ghislandi colgado sobre un sillón de la sala de estar.

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TN intentó comunicarse vía WhatsApp con la dueña de la casa, pero no recibió respuesta. El último mensaje ni siquiera llegó a la destinataria.

El aviso de venta fue retirado el lunes por la Inmobiliaria Robles Casas & Campos después que se revelara el caso. Incluso, TN supo que una de las hijas de Kadgien cambió su apellido en su cuenta de Instagram por el de su exmarido.

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Otro cuadro del reconocido pintor holandés Abraham Mignon también estaría en manos de la misma familia, aunque se desconoce quiénes podrían ser sus dueños originales.

Esa obra fue ubicada por expertos de la Agencia de Patrimonio neerlandés en una foto publicada por una de las hijas de Kadgien en sus redes sociales, según reveló el diario neerlandés. Esta pintura figura como desaparecida en los archivos oficiales.

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La pintura de Ghislandi pertenecía a la colección del marchante judío neerlandés Jacques Goudstikker.

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El galerista escapó de Ámsterdam tras la invasión alemana de 1940, pero murió durante el viaje en barco cuando huía a Nueva York con su esposa e hijo. En su local quedaron 1113 obras de arte de su propia colección, todas documentadas.

Kadgien llegó a la Argentina tras pasar por Brasil. (Foto: gentileza AD).

Kadgien llegó a la Argentina tras pasar por Brasil. (Foto: gentileza AD).

Durante la ocupación nazi, el banquero alemán Alois Mield compró la galería y todos sus obras, pero esta operación jamás fue reconocida por los herederos de Goudstikker. El mariscal del Reich Herman Göring y otros funcionarios nazis, como Kadgien según sospechan en los Países Bajos, adquirieron los cuadros por un valor de remate.

Tras el fin de la guerra, Kadgien escapó primero a Suiza. Desde allí viajó a Brasil y finalmente a la Argentina, donde fundó una empresa, formó una familia y vivió sin ser molestado hasta su muerte en 1978.

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Como mano derecha de Göring, fue uno de los expertos financieros más importantes del régimen nazi. Se cree que manejó fondos millonarios del Tercer Reich que nunca aparecieron. De hecho, muchos lo conocían como “el mago de las finanzas” del nazismo.

Ahora, los herederos de Goudstikker reclaman la revolución de la pintura hallada en Mar del Plata.

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Democrats outraged that alleged gang member could be sent to Uganda

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Democrats are expressing outrage that alleged gang member and illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia may be deported to Uganda. 

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In the latest turn in Abrego Garcia’s high-profile immigration case, the alleged MS-13 gang member was arrested by ICE at an immigration check-in at a Baltimore facility on Monday and is now facing possible deportation to Uganda. 

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, an Obama appointee, ruled on Monday to temporarily block Abrego Garcia’s deportation, ordering he stay detained in the U.S. pending a hearing. Xinis ordered Abrego Garcia be kept at the same facility he was moved to in Virginia. 

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., who has been leading the charge of Democrats advocating for Abrego Garcia, expressed outrage over his arrest and possible deportation on Monday, saying, «ICE is holding Kilmar Ábrego García and refusing to answer questions from his lawyers — while the Trump Admin continues to spread lies about his case.»

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, right, and his brother Cesar Abrego Garcia, center, arrive at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

«Instead of spewing unproven allegations on social media, they need to put up or shut up IN COURT,» he went on, adding, «Mr. Ábrego García must be allowed to defend himself.» 

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This follows Salvadoran Abrego Garcia being released from federal custody on Friday in Tennessee, where he was being held pending his trial for charges of human smuggling of illegal immigrants in the U.S. 

Earlier this year, Abrego Garcia was deported by the Trump administration to his home country of El Salvador, but after Democratic uproar over an alleged lack of due process and a Supreme Court ruling ordering his return, he was eventually returned to the U.S. to stand trial. 

According to an earlier X post by Van Hollen, the senator met with Abrego Garcia virtually on Sunday to discuss his «long and torturous nightmare» of being deported and standing trial for human smuggling. 

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Sen. Van Hollen and Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

In this handout provided by Sen. Van Hollen’s Office, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., meets with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia (left) at an undisclosed location on April 17, 2025, in San Salvador, El Salvador.  (Sen. Van Hollen’s Office via Getty Images)

Van Hollen wrote that «during our conversation, I shared with him that I and many others have been fighting for months to ensure that his constitutional due process rights were respected despite Trump’s efforts to deny them at every turn.» 

«The courts & public outcry forced Trump to return him to MD, but Trump’s cronies keep lying about his case & are engaged in a malicious abuse of power to try to deport him to Uganda,» wrote Van Hollen, adding, «As I told Kilmar, I won’t stop fighting for justice & due process for all.» 

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Van Hollen was not the only Democrat to express outrage over the Van Hollen’s arrest. 

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., also took to X to denounce the Trump administration, which she said, «wrongly sent Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a horrific El Salvadoran prison.»

«Now, just days after he was reunited with his family, they’re trying to deny him his rights and deport him to Uganda. Kilmar—like everyone—deserves a fair hearing to defend himself,» wrote Warren. 

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, has been an aggressive critic of President Trump during her time in Congress. (Julia Beverly/Getty Images)

Meanwhile, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, a prominent Democratic voice and vocal Trump critic, also drilled into the administration, saying, «Let’s be clear: deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda makes no sense—it’s not his home country.»

«Nothing about this process has been fair,» she wrote. «ICE is targeting him with cruelty. This is the weaponization of government, not justice.»

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Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., who joined a rally advocating for Abrego Garcia earlier on Monday, wrote that «Mr. Abrego Garcia must not be sent to some third party country like Uganda.»

Ivey wrote that «the people united will continue to seek justice for Kilmar!» 

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DHS said that President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem «are not going to allow this illegal alien—who is an MS-13 gang member, human trafficker, serial domestic abuser, and child predator—to terrorize American citizens any longer.» (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

In response, the Department of Homeland Security posted on its official X account, «Kilmar Abrego Garcia is not and will never be a Maryland Man—he is a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador and public safety threat.» 

DHS called it «insane» that «sanctuary politicians chose to glorify and stand with an MS-13 gang member over the safety of American citizens.»

The agency said that Trump and Secretary Kristi Noem «are not going to allow this illegal alien—who is an MS-13 gang member, human trafficker, serial domestic abuser, and child predator—to terrorize American citizens any longer.»

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Meanwhile, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told Fox News Digital that, «Democrats have proven that they care more about a criminal illegal alien MS-13 member who beat his wife than they do about the safety and security of the American people.» 

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)

«The Trump Administration will never apologize for fulfilling our promise to deport criminal illegal aliens,» said Jackson.

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Chris Newman, an attorney for Abrego Garcia’s family, categorically denied DHS’ allegations, telling Fox News Digital, «None of those things are true, full stop.»

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«The problem here is that the administration is trying its hardest to litigate this case through the media, as opposed to through courts of law,» said Newman. 

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He said that «in essence» what the Trump administration has done «is to use the highest office in the land to blackmail an innocent man into sacrificing his constitutional rights.»

«And we’ve been fighting against that both and winning in court even as the Trump administration insists on polluting the public debate with lies.»

In an emailed statement sent to Fox News Digital, Ivey accused Trump of ignoring the law.

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«When I prosecuted, MS 13 cases, we indicted, tried the case, won the convictions, sentence them to jail time, and did not support them until after they had served jail their sentence,» said Ivey. «That way, we followed the constitution and the law. The Trump administration is ignoring both. They want to deport them without giving them the day in court that the Supreme Court has required. And they want to jail them indefinitely even though they haven’t been convicted of a crime. That’s wrong and I’ll continue to fight against it.»

Fox News Digital’s Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report.

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Russian software developer gets 15 years in prison for $500 donation to Ukraine defense fund

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A Russian software developer in Moscow on Tuesday was sentenced to 15 years hard prison time for donating roughly $500 to a Ukrainian defense fund, reporting by East2West confirmed.  

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Sergei Irin, 45, who at one point worked for Russian tech giant Yandex, apparently refused to stand in court as he was issued his sentence, but held up a sign that read, «Putin is a «s—head.»

Former software developer with Russian tech giant Yandex, Sergei Irin, 45, held up a sign reading ‘Putin is a s—head’ as he was sentenced to 15 years in jail for treason in Moscow court on Aug. 26, 2025. (East2West)

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Irin, according to footage given to Fox News Digital, was arrested on the suspicion of treason, and was handed a 15-year sentence in a maximum-security prison for his «act of defiance,» according to the report. 

Though it is unclear if either his prison placement or the amount of time he was handed was affected by the sign he held while in court, or merely for donating to a Ukrainian defense fund. 

In the video, a man who is allegedly Irin those whose face is blurred out, is seen being tackled and handcuffed by masked police officers. 

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Irin was apparently visiting his mother after having fled Russia sometime prior.

Sergei Irin arrested by masked Russian police forces

Former software developer with Russian tech giant Yandex, Sergei Irin, 45, is tackled by Russian police forces during his arrest ahead of his sentencing in a Moscow court on Aug. 26, 2025. (East2West)

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He is then questioned in a van by the men, at which point he admits that within days of Russian President Vladimir Putin launching his illegal and deadly invasion of Ukraine, Irin donated funds to Ukraine’s Come Back Alive charity, which supports Kyiv’s defense forces. 

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The donation was made on Feb. 27, 2022, according to Irin.

The 45-year-old also said he feels «negatively» towards the Putin regime and admitted to having participated in opposition rallies.

Sergei Irin before he was arrested

Former software developer with Russian tech giant Yandex, Sergei Irin, 45, was sentenced in a Moscow court on Aug. 26, 2025. (East2West)

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The report by East2West said he was later «interrogated with a stun gun and sent by plane to Moscow, to the Lefortovo [notorious pretrial detention center].»

Irin was also issued a roughly $62,000 fine by the Russian court on Tuesday. 

It is unclear which maximum-security prison he will be sent to, to carry out his sentence.  

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