The Trump administration has tried to incentivize schools to keep their population of foreign students below 15 percent of total undergraduate enrollment.
Prosecutors argued that the individual intentionally stole U.S. tech secrets, citing his long history of stealing trade secrets to support the Chinese military.
In January, there were 53.3 million immigrants in the country; this number dipped to 51.9 million in June, the first decline since the 1960s, according to Pew.
Although Trump is unlikely to be prosecuted while he is in office, there are 14 other defendants such as former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.