[one guy in new jersey]

Those 600,000 are the ones that are already here, are they not?

[ANKE69]

I don’t think,he specifically said.
From the article:

According to the IIE’s Open Doors data, there were 277,398 Chinese students in this country in 2023-2024, down from a peak of 372,532 in 2019-2020, before the pandemic. Enrollment has been steadily declining in recent years due to deteriorating U.S.-China relations, China’s shrinking youth population, and restrictions imposed during Trump’s first term.

So let’s say there are currently 3000.000 Chinese students in the U.S.already.
Wouldn’t President Trump have to bring 300.000 more students from China to get to his 600.000 goal ?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/annaesakismith/2025/08/27/trump-says-he-welcomes-600000-chinese-students-to-us-in-sharp-reversal/