Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomats overseas to scrutinize the social media content of some applicants for student and other types of visas, in an effort to bar those suspected of criticizing the United States and Israel from entering the country, U.S. officials say. Mr. Rubio laid out the instructions in a long…
The Trump administration has placed a temporary freeze on certain Green Card applications, leaving thousands of immigrants uncertain about their future in the United States. For many Indians seeking refuge or permanent residency, this latest crackdown could mean years of delays and instability. Will this move derail their American dream? For decades, the U.S. has…
The University of Minnesota graduate student who was detained by immigration agents last week had not participated in campus activism or been outspoken about political issues, according to a lawsuit he filed on Sunday in federal court challenging the legality of his arrest. Instead, the issue that appears to have put the student, Dogukan Gunaydin,…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio estimated that he had signed perhaps more than 300 letters revoking the visas of students, visitors and others to force their expulsion from the United States because of their foreign policy views or criminal activities. He has been signing letters daily to revoke visas since taking office in late January,…
Rubio confirms over 300 foreign student visas revoked in Trump crackdown In a significant escalation of the Trump administration‘s immigration policies, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Thursday that at least 300 foreign students have had their visas revoked. The move is part of a broader crackdown targeting individuals the administration deems problematic, with…
The Trump administration is trying to deport pro-Palestinian students and academics who are legally in the United States, a new front in its clash with elite schools over what it says is their failure to combat antisemitism. The White House asserts that these moves — many of which involve immigrants with visas and green cards…
A sharp decline in the issuance of student visas by the US may seem like a Donald Trump effect, but numbers tell a different story. The number of student visas approved for Indians has seen a marked decrease, which conforms to the overall reduction in education visas issued by the American government. Trump or no…
The first knock at the door came eight days ago, on a Friday morning. Three federal immigration agents showed up at a Columbia University apartment searching for Ranjani Srinivasan, who had recently learned her student visa had been revoked. Ms. Srinivasan, an international student from India, did not open the door. She was not home…
The United States has imposed visa sanctions on several Thai officials over the surprise deportation of 40 Uyghurs back to China last month, a rare instance of punishment for countries that have repatriated members of the persecuted Muslim minority despite warnings that they might face torture and long-term imprisonment upon their return. The visa restrictions…
A second person who took part in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University has been arrested by U.S. immigration agents, after overstaying a student visa, federal officials said on Friday, the latest turn in the crisis engulfing the Ivy League institution. The person, identified by the authorities as Leqaa Kordia, is Palestinian and from the West…