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South China Morning Post
20 minutes ago
- General
- South China Morning Post
Meet Marco Rubio's son Anthony Rubio: a running back for the University of Florida Gators, he made headlines with his first collegiate touchdown during the Gasparilla Bowl
Long before former Florida senator Marco Rubio lost his presidential campaign and joined Donald Trump's cabinet as secretary of state, the now controversial figure played college football and dreamed of the NFL. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks onstage in May 2023 as his family, including son Anthony Rubio, look on. Photo: @anthony_rub1o/Instagram While a career in American football didn't pan out for Rubio, his elder son and third child Anthony may come closer to making his father's dreams come true as a running back with the University of Florida Gators. Advertisement Read on to find out more about Marco Rubio's son Anthony. He has three siblings Marco and Jeanette Rubio have two daughters, Amanda and Daniella, and two sons, Anthony and Dominick. Photo: @jeanettedrubio/Instagram Anthony Rubio was born in Miami, Florida, to Marco and Jeanette Rubio . The couple met when Jeanette was 17 years old and Rubio was a 19-year-old university student. After eight years of dating, they married in 1998 in Coral Gables, Florida. Aside from Anthony, Rubio and Jeanette also share daughters Amanda and Daniella, and son Dominick. Anthony attended Belen Jesuit, an all-boys private Catholic preparatory school in Miami. Following in his father's footsteps
Straits Times
38 minutes ago
- Politics
- Straits Times
Singaporeans travelling to US advised to check latest entry requirements and comply: MFA
MFA said students are advised to stay in touch with International Student Services offices regularly for updated information on entry requirements. PHOTO: REUTERS Singaporeans travelling to US advised to check latest entry requirements and comply: MFA SINGAPORE – Singaporeans travelling to the US should contact the US Embassy in Singapore to keep up with the latest developments and comply with the official visa entry requirements. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), in response to queries, said on May 30 that Singaporean students can also keep abreast of the latest updates on the documents needed to enter the United States. MFA said: 'Students are also advised to stay in touch with their International Student Services offices regularly for updated information on entry requirements for international students.' In recent days, there has been a flurry of changes involving visa requirements for international students, as part of efforts by the Trump administration to implement a hardline immigration agenda. Earlier this week, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent out a cable to the country's overseas missions directing them to stop scheduling new appointments for student and exchange visa applicants. The US government also has plans to issue guidelines on 'expanded social media vetting'. On May 28, Mr Rubio said the US will start 'aggressively' revoking visas of Chinese students, although he did not specify when the revocations would begin. Singaporeans in the US can contact an overseas mission if they require consular assistance during their travels, MFA said. The overseas missions are as follows: Singapore Embassy in Washington, DC +1-202-537-3100 +1-202- 537-3100 extension 140 (for after-hours assistance) +1-202-436-4777 (for after-hours assistance) +1-202-412-0074 (for after-hours assistance) singemb_was@ Singapore Consulate-General in San Francisco Singapore Consulate in New York Singapore Honorary Consulate in Miami Sing aporeans can also contact MFA's 24-hour hotline, on either 6379-8800 or 6379-8855. Join ST's WhatsApp Channel and get the latest news and must-reads.
The Hill
an hour ago
- Politics
- The Hill
International students in chaos as Trump broadens attacks on visas
The Trump administration keeps shifting the battleground over international students' visas as it pulls more and more government levers to crack down on the group. What started with allegedly combatting campus antisemitism by going after pro-Palestinian activists has escalated into attempts to take away all of Harvard University's foreign students, threats to cap international student admissions at 15 percent at all colleges and Secretary of State Marco Rubio announcing he would 'aggressively revoke visas' for Chinese students. The moving goalposts are difficult to navigate for students and universities and could do long-term damage to a process that experts say brings minds and money to U.S. shores while exporting American values and culture. 'I think he has multiple legitimate motives for taking the actions he's taking, and that those motives are at least in some ways connected. There's a general theme that underlies them. And the general theme is that that Trump appears concerned that a segment, not the average, but a segment of international students are coming for political purposes, not educational or scientific ones,' said Jay Greene, senior research fellow in the Center for Education Policy at the right-leaning Heritage Foundation. President Trump has made cracking down on immigration one of his signature agenda items, though the moves against student visas in particular started off comparatively small, with the administration going after pro-Palestinian protesters it accuses of supporting Hamas and posing a threat to U.S. foreign policy. But then Trump's more specific animus toward Harvard found a new outlet, with the Department of Homeland Security trying to take away the university's ability to enroll international students and ordering those now at the school — some 27 percent of its student body — to transfer. Harvard quickly won an emergency court ruling to block that order. Meanwhile, the administration on Tuesday ordered U.S. embassies and consulates around the world to halt student visa interviews while it weighs increased screening and vetting procedures. And then Trump on Wednesday floated a 'cap of maybe around 15 percent' for the portion of campus populations made up of foreign-born scholars, while Rubio that same day announced a crackdown on Chinese student visas in particular. 'All these policy actions and statements are interconnected,' said Miriam Feldblum, president and CEO of the Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration. 'So some are directed towards students but what you also see is that other kind of levers are directed towards institutions.' Feldblum said the combination of surprising policies and threats is 'causing chaos and uncertainty and volatility' and schools 'do not have the tools or the information or the partnership with the government' to be able to comply with directives while also supporting students. 'We are in a situation in which significant damage has already been done, and we can see outlooks for greater chaos in the future,' she added. The Hill has reached out to the White House for further comment. 'We have people [who] want to go to Harvard and other schools, [but] they can't get in because we have foreign students there,' Trump said in the Oval Office. 'But I want to make sure that the foreign students are people that can love our country. We don't want to see shopping centers exploding. We don't want to see the kind of riots that you had.' 'And I'll tell you what, many of those students didn't go anywhere. Many of those students were troublemakers caused by the radical left lunatics in this country,' he added. Harvard has shown it is possible to freeze the administration's moves in court, at least temporarily, but the international scholar system is a delicate one, and many are already reconsidering plans to study in the U.S. 'If it doesn't get reversed quickly enough, it can mean that for so many students who have already accepted offers, that they may not be able to come in time to start the fall semester. So, this is an urgent matter for the administration to address,' Feldblum said. A court filing from Harvard's director of immigration services said some foreign students are looking to transfer and others declined offers to go to Harvard over the Trump administration's attacks. The filing added that colleges in other countries are already stepping in to recruit the scholars, warning of a potential brain drain. Greene said he doesn't expect the Trump administration to stop until universities can 'demonstrate that they were willing and able to enforce their rules regarding misconduct in a uniform way, applying to all students and readily reporting misconduct by international students to the administration.' 'The reason why the Trump administration demanded disciplinary records is because they had reason to believe that students were not being punished in normal ways for fear that they would be deported, for fear that they would have their visas revoke,' he said, citing a report from a House committee that found some students referred for disciplinary action were not suspended. 'And so, that's unusual, and that suggests that perhaps they were behaving as sanctuary city and concealing this behavior from the federal government,' he added. Others fear the Trump administration has already indicated where it may go next, with his nominee to lead the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services saying he wants to end the optical practical training program, which allows foreign students to work in the U.S. after graduation. 'That would be devastating, not only for the international students and part of their educational journey and experience in the U.S., but for thousands of employers across the country and communities. This would be devastating in terms of the economic contributions that international students make as they're working for U.S. companies,' Feldblum said.
South China Morning Post
2 hours ago
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Trump's non-tariff curbs on China may hurt trade talks, sentiment, Morgan Stanley says
The Trump administration's non-tariff measures against China – including a student visa ban and the delisting of mainland companies from American stock exchanges – could derail trade negotiations and weigh on near-term investor sentiment, according to Morgan Stanley. Advertisement The Chinese government wants to achieve a de-escalation in the tariff and trade issues with the US, but would not be happy or satisfied if other non-tariff measures continued to inflame ties, said Laura Wang, chief China equity strategist at the US investment bank, at a media briefing on Friday. 'I would stay very alert to these measures,' she said. The student visa ban, stock delisting and 'some of the other things could potentially come in the next few months' and would require a careful assessment in terms of the damage to the US-China relationship, she added. Secretary of State Marco Rubio upped the ante this week when he said the US would 'aggressively' revoke visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Communist Party or those enrolled in critical fields in the US. China said the discriminatory move would further damage the US's image. 03:01 US appeals court allows Donald Trump's tariffs to stay in effect US appeals court allows Donald Trump's tariffs to stay in effect Wang said the bank was less concerned about the fallout from any delistings of Chinese companies, as many of the big ones trade in Hong Kong. There were 286 such stocks with a combined market capitalisation of US$1.1 trillion as of March 7, according to a US government report.
New Paper
3 hours ago
- Politics
- New Paper
Singaporeans travelling to US advised to check latest entry requirements and comply: MFA
Singaporeans travelling to the US should contact the US Embassy in Singapore to keep up with the latest developments and comply with the official visa entry requirements. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), in response to queries, on May 30 said Singaporean students can also stay abreast of the latest updates on the documents needed to enter the United States. MFA said: "Students are also advised to stay in touch with their International Student Services offices regularly for updated information on entry requirements for international students." In recent days, there have been a flurry of changes involving visa requirements for international students, as part of efforts by the Trump administration to implement a hardline immigration agenda. Earlier this week, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent out a cable to the country's overseas missions directing them to stop scheduling new appointments for student and exchange visa applicants. The US government also has plans to issue guidelines on "expanded social media vetting". On May 28, Mr Rubio said the US will start "aggressively" revoking visas of Chinese students, although he did not specify when the revocations would begin. Singaporeans in the US can contact an overseas mission if they require consular assistance during their travels, MFA said. The overseas missions are as follows: Singapore Embassy in Washington DC +1 202 537 3100 +1 202 537 3100 extension 140 (for after hours assistance) +1 202 436 4777 (for after hours assistance) +1 202 412 0074 (for after hours assistance) singemb_was@ Singapore Consulate-General in San Francisco +1 415 543 4775 +1 415 290 9000 (for after hours assistance) singcg_sfo@ Singapore Consulate in New York +1 212 223 3331 +1 917 293 4540 (for after hours assistance) singcon_nyc@ Singapore Honorary Consulate in Miami +1 305 858 4225 +65 6379 8000 (for after hours assistance) sgreen@ Singaporeans can also contact MFA's 24-hour hotline, at either 6379 8800 or 6379 8855.
