From NBC News: The Trump administration is escalating its social media vetting of visa applicants seeking to travel to Harvard University, a State Department cable sent to diplomatic posts Friday shows.
The cable signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructs all U.S. missions and consulates abroad to immediately enhance the vetting of such visa applicants, with the intention of expanding the scrutiny process over time.
The vetting will go beyond student applicants, according to the cable seen by NBC News, as it also includes faculty, employees, contractors, guest speakers and tourists.
In the cable, the Department says the vetting is intended to “address acute concerns of violence and anti-Semitism at Harvard University.”
It will target “any nonimmigrant visa applicant seeking to travel to Harvard University for any purpose,” the cable states.
🚨 BREAKING: Secretary of State Marco Rubio has just ordered ALL embassies worldwide to enact stricter vetting for ANYONE trying to travel to Harvard “for any purpose.”
Harvard is playing a MAJOR game of FAFO right now.
Rubio and President Trump are pulling out all avenues… pic.twitter.com/qHuP0wA5te
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 30, 2025
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