Trump administration orders US embassies to stop student visa interviews

14 derbOac 3 5/28/2025, 5:39:36 AM theguardian.com ↗

Comments (3)

Terr_ · 23h ago
What kinds of statistics can we watch that might illustrate the brain-drain from these policies, on various timelines?

Some of it is going to be people who don't even bother to apply anymore, because nobody wants to study in a place where you get arbitrarily black-bagged halfway through your degree by thugs filling an arbitrary quota.

I imagine there are also some students will be out there who really don't use public social media all that much, and the lack of activity will falsely be taken a sign of concealment...

xenospn · 18h ago
Do we know if other governments don’t already do the same thing?
Terr_ · 10h ago
Trying to bracket-down the problem a bit, does this seem fair?

1. Ideological purity tests, as opposed to anti-fraud measures.

2. Investigation when issuing visa, rather than border-searches by customs etc.

3. Applies to tourists and students, as opposed to other visas which are part of a path to permanent residency.