A State Department cable says that officials are readying guidance for tougher vetting of applicants’ social-media accounts.

The Trump administration has frozen all new student visa applications as they expect to enact new social media screenings for each applicant.The cable, signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, detailed the administration's forthcoming addition of social media screenings.

The expansion of social media screening for student visas is consistent with the Trump administration’s wider immigration agenda