Marco Rubio says that the Foreign Ministry will not determine the determination of any new visa interviews for international students, with Trump’s battles intensifying with American universities intensifying American universities.

New Foreign Ministry instructions onVisa applicationsHe adds to the audit of international students who intensified during the era of President Donald Trump, who benefited from controlling foreign joining by pressing his demands with American colleges.

In Kabul, on Tuesday, he sent to American embassies and consulates on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio stopped schedule new visa interviews for international students until the department issued instructions to increase the examination of their activities on social media. The cable said that the current dates may be kept and will continue according to the current review instructions, but it is expected that the new directive will be in the coming days.

This came days after the Trump administration moved to Harvard University from Harvard UniversityRegistration of any international studentsDecision wassuspendedBy a federal judge, awaiting a lawsuit.

Trump said on Wednesday that Harvard, who consists of his current students consisting of more than a quarter of international students, should limit this percentage to about 15 %.

“I want to make sure that foreign students are people who can love our country,” Trump told reporters at the Oval Office.

Earlier this year, the migration of the United States and Customs was arrested and tried to do soDetail studentsThose who participated in the campus protests against the Israeli war Hamas. And Trump administration suddenlyEndThousands of international students before themselves and thenExpand the foundationsThat students can lose permission to study in the United States

Fanta AW, CEO of NAFSA, a association representing international teachers, said the uncertainty that the visa dates suspended will lead to further damage to the US reputation as a destination country. Students generally abide by the study program in late spring, and this now means that the peak time for students is to schedule visa interviews.

AW said in a statement: “International students and scientists are huge origins that contribute to erosion in innovation, research and economic power.” “Undering their ability to study here is the defeat of the self. With these measures, the United States will work to alienate the same minds that feed their success.”

Temporary suspension affects three categories of visas that cover a group of people seeking to study in the United States, the largest category, F-1 visas, including students who are registered in full-time schools. Students participating in exchange programs enter J-1, and those who resort to professional or non-academic programs enter M-1 visas.

The largest part of the visa recipients are university students. However, visiting scientists, high school students, participants in the summer program and internal school students are covered by the three affected groups.

About 1.1 million international students in the United States last year-the source of the basic revenue for colleges driven by tuition fees. International students are not qualified to obtain federal financial aid, and their ability to pay tuition fees is often if they are accepted in American schools. Often, they pay the full price.

The visa applicants were asked to provide social media handles for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2019. The cable has not indicated the type of additional audit that the new instructions will be covered, but it was suggested that the new reviews be more intense in resources.

The cable said: “In light of the effects of consular operations, resource operations and allocations, the consulate departments will need to observe the work requirements and resource requirements for each case before its schedule to move forward.”

Jonathan Friedman of Pen America, a literary and freedom expression organization, said the additional examination will deter students from coming to the United States.

“The details remain mysterious, but this policy risks creating the long place of the United States as a beacon of intellectual and cultural exchange with the world,” said Friedman.

The move to cut off the international joining in Harvard stems from a dispute with the Ministry of Internal Security, which has called for information about itForeign studentsThis may lead to their involvement in violence or protests that may lead to their deportation. Harvard says she complied with the records of the records, but the agency said that her response had won.

On Wednesday, Trump said more scrutiny for Harvard students is necessary.

“They take people from the world’s very extreme regions, and we do not want them to explain the troubles in our country,” Trump said.

The Trump administration has reduced more than $ 2.6 billion of Harvard’s federal scholarships because it presses the demands of policies and governance in the Labib Ivi school, which the president described as a hotbed of liberalism and anti -Semitism. Harvard University pushed back and filed a lawsuit against the administration.

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