内容摘要：Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, speaks during an interview in Rome, May 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Paolo Lucariello, File)

Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, speaks during an interview in Rome, May 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Paolo Lucariello, File)

of new visa interviews for international students as the department prepares guidelines for increased vetting of their activity on social media.Together, the announcements from the State Department added to uncertainty for America’s international students, who have faced intensifying scrutiny from President Donald Trump’s administration.

Earlier this year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested and tried towho had been involved in campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war. And the Trump administration abruptlyof thousands of international students before reversing itself and then

on which students can lose permission to study in the U.S.University of Wisconsin student Vladyslav Plyaka was planning to visit Poland to see his mother and renew his visa, but he doesn’t know when that will be possible now that visa appointments are suspended. He also doesn’t feel safe leaving the U.S. even when appointments resume.

“I don’t think I have enough trust in the system at this point,” said Plyaka, who came to the U.S. from Ukraine as an exchange student in high school and stayed for college. “I understand it probably is done for security measures, but I would probably just finish my education for the next two or three years and then come back to Ukraine.”

AP Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports on more Trump administration steps targeting international students.The bill passed, 32-18, with five Democrats crossing party lines to join with all 27 Republicans in voting “yes.” The vote marked the second time the GOP-controlled Senate has passed it. An earlier attempt, in concert with a Republican-controlled House, met then-Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto pen

This time, Senate Republicans are advancing the effort after President Donald Trump declared his intent to “keep men out of women’s sports.” and made it a majorin last year’s election, dividing Democrats on how to respond.

The bill applies to participation in girls’ and women’s sports that are sponsored by public schools, public universities and publicly chartered community colleges.It also prohibits any sort of government agency or athletic association from investigating or punishing a school or higher education institution for maintaining separate sports teams for girls or women.