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Rally to "support and celebrate" Harvard University's international students

Nation May 28

Why the U.S. is pausing all student visa interviews

By Amna Nawaz, Sonia Kopelev, Ryan Connelly Holmes

Education May 28

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington
U.S. stops scheduling foreign students’ visa interviews while expanding social media vetting

A U.S. official said Tuesday the suspension is intended to be temporary and does not apply to applicants who already had scheduled their visa interviews.

By Matthew Lee, Annie Ma, Associated Press

Nation Apr 24

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Russian-born Harvard researcher describes detention at ICE facility and deportation fears

Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, has been detained by ICE since February. She was arrested as she returned to Boston with frog embryo samples. The government says she knowingly failed to declare them. Petrova's visa was…

By Geoff Bennett, Sonia Kopelev

World Apr 22

Students and others demonstrate during a protest outside the gates to Columbia University in New York
Watch 8:45
Foreign policy experts offer views on Trump administration’s student activist crackdown

According to attorneys, over 1,000 student visas have been revoked in the Trump administration’s crackdown. Part of that effort has been a State Department argument that some students’ actions threaten U.S. foreign policy interests. Nick Schifrin discussed more with former…

By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi

Politics Apr 16

FILE PHOTO: Rally for Rumeysa Ozturk
Visa cancellations and deportations sow panic for international students

The speed and scope of the federal government’s efforts to terminate the legal status of international students have stunned colleges and universities across the country.

By Annie Ma, Makiya Seminera, Christopher L. Keller, Associated Press

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