Foreign students act as anti-American activists, Rubio warns of visa revocation.

The United States Secretary of State has emphasized that issuing visas to foreign students is intended for educational purposes, not for them to act as disruptive “activists” on campus. Additionally, there are reports suggesting that the Trump administration may consider banning certain universities from issuing visas to international students.

During his visit to the South American country of Guyana on Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio made it “very clear” about the U.S. position on visas for foreign students. He stated that any foreign students found causing disturbances on American campuses will have their visas revoked.

Recent reports have emerged of several foreign students having their visas revoked for participating in activities supporting Hamas or protesting against Zionism on American campuses.

“I don’t care what activism you’re involved in,” Rubio said, “which country in the world would allow people (referring to foreigners) to come in and create chaos?”

“We issue you a visa for you to come to [the U.S.] to study and earn a degree, not to become a social activist,” he added.

Rubio pointed out that “every country in the world has the right to decide who can enter as a visitor and who cannot.”

“By the way, I encourage every country to do this because I think inviting students into your country – allowing them on your campus to disrupt campus stability – is insane,” he told the media, “we will not tolerate that.”

“We will revoke your visa, once your visa is revoked, you are illegal in this country, and you must leave,” Rubio stated.

The Secretary of State indicated that the U.S. has already revoked about 300 student visas, and the State Department is handling these matters every day and will continue until the cleanup is complete.

Rubio also emphasized that the U.S. visa revocation for “destabilizing” visitors extends not only to foreign students but also to foreign gang members.

The government is making efforts to deport gang members of South American gangs like MS-13 and “Tren de Aragua,” who are initially detained at Guantanamo Bay prison and then transferred to Venezuela and El Salvador.

American media website Axios reported on Thursday that the Trump administration is discussing a plan that could potentially deny visas to foreign students at universities deemed to have too many supporters of Hamas.

The core of the plan is to review the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (corresponding to F-1 and J-1 visas), which are visas issued by the Department of State for foreign students or applicants coming to the U.S. for study, academic visits, or research work.

Officials mentioned that if the government determines that too many visa holders are using the education system as an excuse to live and work in the U.S., these American university institutions may lose their accreditation.

The Trump administration’s strict enforcement on immigration has sparked a series of lawsuits, some of which may reach the United States Supreme Court.

A federal judge temporarily halted the detention of Columbia University student Yunseo Chung, who participated in pro-Palestinian protests on Tuesday. Her lawsuit alleges that the Trump administration’s actions aim to suppress her exercise of freedom of speech under the First Amendment, and immigration enforcement cannot be used as a tool to punish non-citizens’ speech.

This month, Mahmoud Khalil, an organizer of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, filed the first challenge against the Secretary of State’s revocation of green card privileges.

Foreign students are a significant source of revenue for American universities and an essential factor in universities resisting government intensified regulation.

“This is one of their biggest cash cows, foreign students. This is their significant source of income,” a senior Justice Department official told Axios.

He stated that if American universities are unwilling to take measures to prevent Hamas-supporting demonstrations, of course, the U.S. government cannot encourage these “activists” to come to the U.S. for study, so “we can stop issuing student visas for them, and they can no longer enroll foreign students.”