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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 to

who had been involved in campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war. And the Trump administration abruptlyof thousands of international students before reversing itself and thenon 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 Trump administration last week moved to block Harvard University from. When Swiatek told him Rybakina didn’t argue about the original ruling, Nouni replied: “It’s my responsibility to check it.”

Said Swiatek: “I just refocused immediately. It wasn’t such a big deal for me.”Howard Fendrich has been the AP’s tennis writer since 2002. Find his stories here:

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