The Trump administration has paused scheduling student visa interviews as it expands its efforts to vet international students’ social media, marking its latest measure in a string of crackdowns on foreign students in the United States.

“We take very seriously the process of vetting who it is that comes into the country,” department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a department news briefing Tuesday. “Whether they be a student or if you’re a tourist who needs a visa or whoever you are, we’re going to be looking at you.”

The administration ordered U.S. embassies and consular sections to cease scheduling new interviews for foreign student visas, according to a memo obtained by Politico dated Tuesday.

“Effective immediately, in preparation for an expansion of required social media screen

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