US universities: Trump authorities exposes visa procedures for overseas college students | EUROtoday

US universities: Trump authorities exposes visa procedures for overseas college students
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The authorities of US President Donald Trump has ordered a preliminary cease of the procedures for pupil visa. This is reported by the US portal “Politico” (like Welt belongs to Axel Springer SE), referring to an inside message, signed by Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, on US messages and consular departments.

Accordingly, the federal government is contemplating reviewing the accounts on social media for all overseas college students who’re making use of for a examine within the USA – which might be vital enlargement of earlier efforts of this sort. In preparation for such an enlargement, Rubio had the suspension of latest appointments for candidates.

“With immediate effect, the consular departments in preparation for the expansion of the required review of the social media should not create any additional capacities for student or exchange visitors visa (F, M and J) until further guidelines are published that we expect in the coming days,” quotes “Politico” from writing.

The communication doesn’t straight clarify what the longer term overview of social media is aiming for, studies the US portal, however reference is made to laws by the US President who set themselves the purpose of holding terrorists and the combat in opposition to anti-Semitism.

A spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry rejected an announcement, however instructed the Reuters information company: “We will continue to use every means to assess who comes here, regardless of whether it is students or other people.”

The Trump authorities not too long ago had a number of universities to which it accuses of left-liberal orientation, with monetary strain on a leash, for instance to cease range packages. It additionally accuses the schools of doing too little in opposition to preventing anti -Semitism. She justifies this with propalestinic protests at US universities. Universities like Harvard are accused of tolerating anti -Semitic incidents on campus.

Trump’s authorities then stroked grants within the billions. In addition, she ordered final week that Harvard will not have the ability to settle for new college students from overseas sooner or later. Foreigners already registered must swap to different universities – in any other case they are going to lose their residence standing within the United States.

https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article256178410/US-Universitaeten-Trump-Regierung-setzt-Visa-Verfahren-fuer-auslaendische-Studenten-aus.html