Amid conflicts with universities, the Trump administration has ordered a halt new foreign student visa applications.
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00:00The U.S. government has ordered all new student visa applications to be halted.
00:06U.S. embassies and consulates have been told to take down new appointment slots for interviews
00:11with foreign students.
00:13Already scheduled interviews will still go ahead.
00:16The Trump administration says the move is to update guidance on vetting the social media
00:20of applicants.
00:22It comes amid a conflict with Harvard University over international students.
00:26Harvard students and professors have come out in support of foreign students.
00:32I would say that we, as international students in Harvard, in the U.S., we are not enemies
00:37of the U.S.
00:38We don't hate the U.S.
00:39If we are here, it's because we admire this country and we admire, actually, the academic
00:44and the liberty and the freedoms that this country has.
00:48When we go back home, most of us serve as ambassadors to this country in an informal way.
00:53We go back to strengthen American ties with our countries economically, diplomatically,
00:58politically, academically.
01:00And so we are not the enemy.
01:03The American Institute in Taiwan says it has not received instructions yet and will proceed
01:08with scheduled interviews as planned.