“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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      Yeah like the ones Mango Mussolini want to bring back. Where you are nothing more than an automaton getting paid per part made.

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          Well I’ve worked both and there’s a reason people gladly moved into office jobs. Hard to go back to work when a guy you work with has degloved a finger.

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          They both are horrible, but service industry isn’t always relegated to one spot.