Top Chinese-American scientists returning to China, ICE agents helping China, now the White House is uneasy!

Recently, a video of ICE agents going from house to house to arrest people went viral. It was below freezing and snowing heavily, and they took an old man almost naked in front of his 5-year-old grandson. Later, it turned out that they had made a mistake, but they didn't even apologize before releasing him.

Interestingly, in January 2026, the quantum physicist You Chenglong returned to China and joined the University of Science and Technology of China. It's hard to say this has nothing to do with the recent疯狂 enforcement by ICE, as the situation for Chinese-Americans in the U.S. has become increasingly difficult. In recent years, ICE and FBI have frequently conducted surprise raids on the homes of Chinese scholars under vague reasons such as "visa violations" and "unreported overseas collaborations." In 2023, a Chinese-American professor at MIT was raided by ICE in the middle of the night. Although he was eventually released without charges, his project funding was frozen and his collaborators distanced themselves, effectively ruining his career.

You Chenglong obtained his Ph.D. in the U.S. in 2019 and then stayed at Louisiana State University as a postdoctoral researcher, later being promoted to assistant research professor. His research focuses on quantum information and topological materials. This field is one of the most competitive frontiers in Sino-U.S. technological competition. In 2025 alone, at least 17 Chinese scientists who had obtained tenure or were close to the tenure track in the U.S. announced their full-time return to China, covering strategic fields such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and quantum computing.

It is estimated that as more and more Chinese scientists leave the U.S., the White House will feel conflicted. After all, Huang Renxun himself said that half of the top scientists and engineers in the field of artificial intelligence are Chinese. This time, the ICE agents did something beneficial for China, which is worth praising.

Original article: toutiao.com/article/1854796328758272/

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