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The Trump administration’s focus on American universities continues with a new action regarding foreign students. The State Department has ordered embassies around the world to stop scheduling new interviews for student visa applicants as it decides whether or not to require all foreign students to undergo social media vetting.
The latest attack on the university by the Trump administration threatens federal funding for Harvard worth an estimated total of $100 million dollars.
President Donald Trump’s administration ordered U.S. embassies to halt interviews for new student visas as it prepares to expand social media screening for all prospective applicants. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the pause in a diplomatic cable Tuesday, according to Politico.
The move comes ‘in preparation for an expansion of required social media screening and vetting’ of international students, according to a state
The administration is considering expanding the vetting of social media accounts of foreign students wishing to study in the U.S.
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University's ability to enroll foreign students, calling the order a "blatant violation" of the U.S. Constitution.Harvard filed a complaint Friday morning in Boston federal court,
Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued the directive that further complicates the visa process while the application window is closing for foreign students.
Harvard Chabad appeared before the Cambridge City Council on Tuesday as a part of an ongoing effort to advance zoning changes — supporting its plans for the expansion of its building on Banks Street.
Members of Congress return to their districts after the House advanced sprawling legislation to advance the Republican agenda.