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Foreign media workers and students coming to the United States for journalism schools and fellowships could get caught up in the Trump administration’s pause on certain visa interviews.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructed all American embassies and consulates Tuesday to stop scheduling student and exchange visitor visa interviews, Politico reported. Though the State Department will allow previously scheduled appointments to proceed, it is halting new interviews until it can release expanded guidelines on “social media screening and vetting” for visa applicants.
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