An outrageous incident has emerged in which 59 students and chaperones from Jinju City, South Korea — part of a prestigious “Outstanding Student Overseas Cultural Exploration” program — were forced to cancel their U.S. educational tour after being denied entry by American border agents.
According to Jinju City officials, 55 high school students and 4 chaperones planned on July 16 to visit top U.S. institutions including MIT, Harvard, and Yale, as part of a government-sponsored summer program. However, 42 of them were denied entry by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) — with no clear reason provided.
All students had received prior approval through the ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization), making the mass denial even more shocking. With only a small portion of the group permitted to enter, the trip was deemed infeasible and fully canceled, leaving the students humiliated and disappointed.
Jinju City and the travel agency are now working to reroute the group to the UK, where they plan to visit Oxford and Cambridge instead in early August.
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