First Thing: Trump administration orders US embassies to pause student visa interviews

US to introduce social media screening for any international students. Plus, the notorious facilities used to ‘rehabilitate’ disobedient Saudi womenDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.The Trump administration has ordered US embassies globally to immediately pause scheduling visa interviews for international students as it prepares to introduce sweeping social media monitoring for these applicants.What does this move mean? All student visa applications, rather than just those flagged for activism, will now have their social media combed.What else is Trump doing with universities? The administration will order federal agencies to cut all ties with Harvard University, in a further escalation of its assault on the storied institution, which is expected to lose contracts worth an estimated $100m under the plans.How long have they existed? The institutions, which officials describe as care homes, were set up across the country in the 1960s. Continue reading...

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