Overview

• The State Department ordered embassies to stop scheduling new F-, M- and J-visa appointments, halting issuance of new student, exchange and au-pair visas.
• Secretary Marco Rubio announced plans to revoke visas of Chinese nationals linked to the Communist Party or studying in sensitive fields, prompting protests from Beijing.
• The administration is expanding social-media screenings for visa applicants, citing concerns over participants in pro-Palestinian protests and campus unrest.
• Harvard sued after the government froze $2.2 billion in research funding, threatened its tax-exempt status and barred new international enrollments over alleged antisemitism and protest leniency.
• US District Judge Allison Burroughs extended a preliminary injunction that allows Harvard to continue enrolling international students while its lawsuit proceeds.