The Trump Administration is predicted to halt all scholar visa interviews and can broaden its social media vetting, in accordance with a State Division cable obtained by Politico.
The Trump Administration is escalating its struggle in opposition to anti-American universities akin to Harvard.
Politico reported:
The Trump administration is weighing requiring all overseas college students making use of to review in the US to bear social media vetting — a major enlargement of earlier such efforts, in accordance 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 scholar visa candidates, in accordance with the cable, dated Tuesday and signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
If the administration carries out the plan, it might severely decelerate scholar visa processing. It additionally might damage many universities who rely closely on overseas college students to spice up their monetary coffers.
“Efficient instantly, in preparation for an enlargement of required social media screening and vetting, consular sections mustn’t add any further scholar 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.”)
