Federal officials are set to start reviewing accounts on social media for visas planning to attend, work or visit Harvard University For all signs of anti-Semitism, marking the latest development in the conflict between the Trump Administration and Ivy League School.
Cable sent Friday signed by the Secretary of State Marco Rubio And obtained by the associated press charged the university in the immediate vicinity of violence and anti-Semitism outside the campus. It was said that the assistance measure will identify the applicants with the history of these works “and to duly consider their visa eligibility in accordance with American immigration law.”
The measure was sent to all US embassies and consulates, and enter into force immediately. It will serve as a pilot program that could be widely expanded, according to the cable.
Harvard did not respond immediately to an email looking for a comment.
The University was the first to open changes in elite schools, the administration criticized intricate warmed liberalism and anti-Semitism.
Since then, the Federal Government took off the oldest and richest university of 2.6 billion dollars in federal grants, forcing it to self-employment a lot of their research work. President Donald Trump He said he wanted to revoke the university in his status exempt.
Harvard sued the Federal Government last week after the Department of Homeland Secretary of Security Kristi Calls He recalled his ability to host foreign students in his campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The federal judge has been blocking a move since then.
More than a quarter of Harvard’s student body on his Cambridge Campus are foreign students. Most graduate students are coming from more than 100 countries.
Earlier this week, the State Department was paused by the scheduling of new VANDI interviews for foreign students who want to study in the United States, saying it is preparing to expand their social media activities. It is unclear whether this break is raised.
The new measure is expanded on the Trump’s previous administration by introducing examinations for social media accounts for visa applicants. He remained in the place during the former President Joe Biden.
The Measure states officers to note that the visa applicant does not have an internet presence or has their own social networks set to private and whether it can be reflecting and questioning the applicant’s credibility. “
“If you are not satisfied that the applicant’s credit is, and in your personal satisfaction, meets the standards required by the visa classification for which it is applied,” the cable said.
Officials are also instructed to transition only the inspection of social networks and implement the broad investigation into the person’s internet presence, according to the cable.