The United States is due to the use of “every tool” in a campaign against international students

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The United States government says it will use “every tool” to evaluate applicants in the visa, amid reports that the Trump administration will restrict requests from foreigners who seek to study in the country.

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio sent a diplomatic cable on Tuesday, which is the US ambassadors to stop the interviews for the new student visa applicants, according to Politico, as the administration is tightening the examination of social media activities for applicants.

The cable said: “In the instant, in preparing to expand the scope of the required social media examination, the consular departments should not add any additional student or visitors to the exchange (F, M and J) in a visa until more directive is issued.”

Foreign Ministry spokesman Tami Bruce declined to comment on Tuesday directly to the cable report, but he defended the administration’s approach to review the visa applications.

Bruce said: “We use every tool in our chest to milk anyone coming,” Bruce said. “This is not a new thing, and we will continue to use every tool that we can evaluate who will come here, whether they are students or otherwise.”

The White House refused to comment.

Reports come at a time when President Donald Trump escalates his attacks on some of the most famous universities in America, including their treatment of foreign students. It has already canceled billions of dollars in federal funds for institutions, including Harvard University and Colombia.

Trump Universities have accused the elite of allowing hate speech and failure to address anti -Semitism in recent years, while critics of the president accused him of launching an attack on freedom of expression and academic freedom.

Last week, internal Security Security Minister Christie Harvard told Harvard that she had canceled her program to ratify international students “actually immediately.” In fact, this step would prevent Harvard from registering thousands of foreign students in the fall. Ivy League University has obtained a court order The plan is temporarily prevented.

The US immigration authorities have also carried out several high -level arrests on the campus of universities in recent months, including the detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate of Columbia University, who was detained due to his involvement in the pro -Valley campus protests last year.

Bruce said on Tuesday that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will not discuss specific cases or “methods” to examine the visa applicants, but he said it was a “target” for Trump and Rubio “to ensure that the people here … they understood what the law is that they have no criminal intention.”

Universities have warned that administration policies can prevent students abroad from the desire to study in the United States. About 1.1 million international students are registered in American universities, according to the Non -Performing International Education Institute.

STDYPORTALS, high education data provider, said there is a 50 percent decrease in international students looking for US options from January to April, as potential applicants explore alternatives in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, said StudyPortals, a higher education provider, said that there is a 50 percent decrease in international students looking for US options from January to April, as potential applicants explore alternatives in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, said StudyPortals, provider of higher education data.

Studyportals expected that if the current pattern continues, the demand for the United States may decrease by 70 percent year on year in 2025.

“Every student decides against America is not just tuition funds-it is a lost talent,” said Edwin van Rest, co-founder of StudyPortals.