Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered U.S. embassies to stop scheduling new interviews for certain visas, including those used by international students, according to a cable obtained by Politico.
The outlet reported that the Trump administration is considering implementing new vetting guidelines for those applying for F, M and J visas that takes into consideration the applicant’s social media footprint. The cable does not explicitly say what the Trump administration would be looking for, Politico said.
The change comes amid the president’s war on elite educational institutions like Harvard, which he claims is not doing enough to stop on-campus antisemitism, a term he defines to include support for Palestinians in Gaza.
TVNL Comment: It is an outrage and a disgrace to even suggest that supporting Palestine and opposing the genocide in Gaza are acts of antisemitism. Americans can no longer be beholden to Israel. And yet they are required to be.
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