The Trump Administration is anticipated to halt all pupil visa interviews and can increase its social media vetting, in line with a State Division cable obtained by Politico.
The Trump Administration is escalating its combat in opposition to anti-American universities equivalent to Harvard.
Politico reported:
The Trump administration is weighing requiring all overseas college students making use of to check in the USA to bear social media vetting — a major growth of earlier such efforts, in line with a cable obtained by POLITICO.
In preparation for such required vetting, the administration is ordering U.S. embassies and consular sections to pause scheduling new interviews for such pupil visa candidates, in line with the cable, dated Tuesday and signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
If the administration carries out the plan, it may severely decelerate pupil visa processing. It additionally may harm many universities who rely closely on overseas college students to spice up their monetary coffers.
“Efficient instantly, in preparation for an growth of required social media screening and vetting, consular sections mustn’t add any extra pupil or alternate customer (F, M, and J) visa appointment capability till additional steerage is issued septel, which we anticipate within the coming days,” the cable states. (“Septel” is State Division shorthand for “separate telegram.”)
