The White House engaged in serious discussions to consider the possibility of banning Chinese students from studying at American universities and colleges, according to a recent report by the Financial Times. Spearheaded by White House aide Stephen Miller, the debate was part of a larger conversation about limiting Chinese espionage. The idea that Chinese people living in the United States could be spies for the Chinese government and that the US government should take action to limit their capacity for such espionage is not only ludicrous but also quite literally the same argument that was used to justify Japanese internment camps during World War II.
