Citing enhanced due diligence protocols concerning the social media footprint of prospective foreign scholars, the US State Department has instituted a moratorium on scheduling novel visa interview slots, a provision explicitly exempting candidates with pre-existing appointments, per a directive emanating from Secretary of State Marco Rubio mandating consular offices refrain from instigating further student visa scheduling pending forthcoming guidelines on amplified social media vetting procedures; this action, a continuation of the Trump administration's stringent posture toward international student matriculation—exemplified by the attempted disenfranchisement of Harvard University's international student body and the revocation of legal standing for myriad foreign students already domiciled within US borders, further perpetuated under the Biden administration's continuation of social media scrutiny for visa applicants—bears the potential to precipitate profound disruptions to prospective students' academic trajectories for the summer and autumnal semesters, portending concomitant budgetary repercussions for institutions of higher education predicated upon international student enrollment figures.