Trump throws America's $44billion education business into chaos by halting ALL student visas
By Rachel Bowman
Daily Mail
May 27, 2025
The Trump Administration has ordered US embassies to halt all student visa applications
The Trump Administration has ordered US
embassies to halt all student visa applications as the president cracks
down on America's higher education business.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has directed officials to stop scheduling appointments with student visa applicants as they prepare to implement a social media vetting process, according to a cable obtained by Politico.
'Effective
immediately, in preparation for an expansion of required social media
screening and vetting, consular sections should not add any additional
student or exchange visitor (F, M, and J) visa appointment capacity
until further guidance is issued septel, which we anticipate in the
coming days,' the cable states.
The Institute of International Education
Open Doors data report found that in 2023-2024 academic year, the United
States hosted a record-breaking 1.1 million international students -
including an estimated 10,000 British students.
These
students generated $43.8 billion through tuition, housing and living
expenses, according to NAFSA: Association of International Educators.
Donald Trump has waged war on elite universities, accusing them of antisemitism and blasting their 'woke' ideology.
At
the beginning of his second term, Trump ordered the deportation of
foreign students who took part in pro-Hamas protests on college campuses
in the US.
Harvard has borne the brunt of Trump's fire but it is also fighting back just as hard and sued the administration.
The
president and his Republican allies have claimed that Harvard is
'antisemitic' for allowing pro-Palestinian protests to take place on
campus (pictured: a Harvard protest in October 2023) The Department of Homeland Security announced on Thursday its revocation of Harvard's ability to host and enroll students from other countries.
DHS
Secretary Kristi Noem published a letter she sent to the Ivy League
university last week instructing the thousands of current students to
either transfer to other schools or leave the country.
Trump has demanded to know all of the
names and countries of origin of all nearly 7,000 foreign-born students
attending Harvard University.
The
president said it was unacceptable that 31 percent of the students who
attend the famous Ivy League school are 'from foreign lands.'
Harvard filed on Friday a lawsuit against the Trump administration for revoking its right to host foreign students.
The
school said in a court filing Trump's action will have an 'immediate
and devastating effect for Harvard and more than 7,000 visa holders.'
'With
the stroke of a pen, the government has sought to erase a quarter of
Harvard's student body, international students who contribute
significantly to the University and its mission,' Harvard wrote.
'Without its international students, Harvard is not Harvard.'
Trump intends to cut the federal government's remaining contracts with Harvard University, worth about $100 million.
Trump
has waged war on elite universities, accusing them of antisemitism and
blasting their ' woke ' ideology. Pictured: pro-Palestine protestors at
Columbia University
Trump ordered the deportation of foreign students who took part in pro-Hamas protests on college campuses in the US
The announcement will be made via a letter from the General Services Administration to federal agencies, which was obtained by The New York Times.
The
letter, being sent out later Tuesday, also tells the agencies: 'Going
forward, we also encourage your agency to seek alternative vendors for
future services where you had previously considered Harvard.'
The administration has frozen about $3.2 billion in grants and contracts with Harvard, which sued the government in response.
Trump
threatened on Monday to take $3 billion in funding away from the Ivy
League university to distribute to trade schools instead.
He
also used Truth Social to complain that Harvard hadn't released to the
federal government a list of foreign students enrolled in the Cambridge,
Massachusetts-based school.
'I am
considering taking Three Billion Dollars of Grant Money away from a very
antisemitic Harvard, and giving it to TRADE SCHOOLS all across our
land,' Trump wrote Monday morning. 'What a great investment that would
be for the USA, and so badly needed!!!'
The
president and his Republican allies have claimed that Harvard is
antisemitic for allowing pro-Palestinian protests to take place on
campus amid the current Gaza war.
'We
are still waiting for the Foreign Student Lists from Harvard so that we
can determine, after a ridiculous expenditure of BILLIONS OF DOLLARS,
how many radicalized lunatics, troublemakers all, should not be let back
into our Country,' the president wrote in a second Truth Social post.
The president said it was unacceptable that 31 percent of the students who attend Harvard are 'from foreign lands'
Harvard
University has fought back against President Trump. About a third of
Harvard's students – nearly 7,000 – are from foreign countries
'Harvard
is very slow in the presentation of these documents, and probably for
good reason!' he continued. 'The best thing Harvard has going for it is
that they have shopped around and found the absolute best Judge (for
them!) - But have no fear, the Government will, in the end, WIN!'
Last
week Judge Allison Burroughs, a 2014 Obama appointee, temporarily
paused the Trump administration's move to cancel Harvard's student visa
program.
Harvard said that canceling
the program, which includes 7,000 visas and amounts to around a quarter
of the Ivy's student body is a 'blatant violation of the First
Amendment, the Due Process Clause, and the Administrative Procedure
Act.'
Trump's Department of Homeland
Security moved to cancel the program after the university failed to
provide the government with extensive behavioral records of visa holders
in the student body.
Notably, the
president has several close associates who were international students
educated in the US, including senior advisor Boris Epshteyn, who helped
Trump put together his legal team for criminal cases.
Epshteyn was born in Russia and emigrated to the United States, and met Eric Trump as a student at Georgetown University.
The Trump Administration has ordered US embassies to halt all student visa applications as the president cracks down on America's higher education business.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has directed officials to stop scheduling appointments with student visa applicants as they prepare to implement a social media vetting process, according to a cable obtained by Politico.
'Effective immediately, in preparation for an expansion of required social media screening and vetting, consular sections should not add any additional student or exchange visitor (F, M, and J) visa appointment capacity until further guidance is issued septel, which we anticipate in the coming days,' the cable states.
The Institute of International Education Open Doors data report found that in 2023-2024 academic year, the United States hosted a record-breaking 1.1 million international students - including an estimated 10,000 British students.
These students generated $43.8 billion through tuition, housing and living expenses, according to NAFSA: Association of International Educators.
Donald Trump has waged war on elite universities, accusing them of antisemitism and blasting their 'woke' ideology.
At the beginning of his second term, Trump ordered the deportation of foreign students who took part in pro-Hamas protests on college campuses in the US.
Harvard has borne the brunt of Trump's fire but it is also fighting back just as hard and sued the administration.
The Department of Homeland Security announced on Thursday its revocation of Harvard's ability to host and enroll students from other countries.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem published a letter she sent to the Ivy League university last week instructing the thousands of current students to either transfer to other schools or leave the country.
Trump has demanded to know all of the names and countries of origin of all nearly 7,000 foreign-born students attending Harvard University.
The president said it was unacceptable that 31 percent of the students who attend the famous Ivy League school are 'from foreign lands.'
Harvard filed on Friday a lawsuit against the Trump administration for revoking its right to host foreign students.
The school said in a court filing Trump's action will have an 'immediate and devastating effect for Harvard and more than 7,000 visa holders.'
'With the stroke of a pen, the government has sought to erase a quarter of Harvard's student body, international students who contribute significantly to the University and its mission,' Harvard wrote. 'Without its international students, Harvard is not Harvard.'
Trump intends to cut the federal government's remaining contracts with Harvard University, worth about $100 million.
Trump has waged war on elite universities, accusing them of antisemitism and blasting their ' woke ' ideology. Pictured: pro-Palestine protestors at Columbia University
Trump ordered the deportation of foreign students who took part in pro-Hamas protests on college campuses in the US
The announcement will be made via a letter from the General Services Administration to federal agencies, which was obtained by The New York Times.
The letter, being sent out later Tuesday, also tells the agencies: 'Going forward, we also encourage your agency to seek alternative vendors for future services where you had previously considered Harvard.'
The administration has frozen about $3.2 billion in grants and contracts with Harvard, which sued the government in response.
Trump threatened on Monday to take $3 billion in funding away from the Ivy League university to distribute to trade schools instead.
He also used Truth Social to complain that Harvard hadn't released to the federal government a list of foreign students enrolled in the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based school.
'I am considering taking Three Billion Dollars of Grant Money away from a very antisemitic Harvard, and giving it to TRADE SCHOOLS all across our land,' Trump wrote Monday morning. 'What a great investment that would be for the USA, and so badly needed!!!'
The
president and his Republican allies have claimed that Harvard is
antisemitic for allowing pro-Palestinian protests to take place on
campus amid the current Gaza war.
'We are still waiting for the Foreign Student Lists from Harvard so that we can determine, after a ridiculous expenditure of BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, how many radicalized lunatics, troublemakers all, should not be let back into our Country,' the president wrote in a second Truth Social post.
Harvard University has fought back against President Trump. About a third of Harvard's students – nearly 7,000 – are from foreign countries
'Harvard is very slow in the presentation of these documents, and probably for good reason!' he continued. 'The best thing Harvard has going for it is that they have shopped around and found the absolute best Judge (for them!) - But have no fear, the Government will, in the end, WIN!'
Last week Judge Allison Burroughs, a 2014 Obama appointee, temporarily paused the Trump administration's move to cancel Harvard's student visa program.
Harvard said that canceling the program, which includes 7,000 visas and amounts to around a quarter of the Ivy's student body is a 'blatant violation of the First Amendment, the Due Process Clause, and the Administrative Procedure Act.'
Trump's Department of Homeland Security moved to cancel the program after the university failed to provide the government with extensive behavioral records of visa holders in the student body.
Notably, the president has several close associates who were international students educated in the US, including senior advisor Boris Epshteyn, who helped Trump put together his legal team for criminal cases.
Epshteyn was born in Russia and emigrated to the United States, and met Eric Trump as a student at Georgetown University.
2 comments:
Issuing visas is a function of the executive branch exclusively. I would be vastly surprised if SCOTUS said Trump can NOT do that. Intermediate courts might do anything.
45-47 is a common sense President. You don't allow admitted enemies access to your country. Israel is a prime example of what happens when you allow your sworn enemies to live among you.
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