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Trump blocks Harvard from enrolling foreign students

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  • Source: The New York Post
  • 22 May 2025 23:24
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Trump administration revokes Harvard’s ability to admit international students, escalating a dispute over federal immigration records.

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In a striking escalation of its political standoff with higher education institutions, the Trump administration on Thursday revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll international students, citing unresolved legal concerns tied to a federal investigation.

According to a letter sent by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and obtained by The New York Times, Harvard's certification under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) was rescinded “effective immediately.”

The move effectively bars the university from admitting new foreign students under student visas.

Harvard rebukes DHS request

The revocation follows a dispute between Harvard and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over the legality of a broad federal records request, which DHS initiated as part of an ongoing investigation into the university’s compliance with federal immigration rules. The administration reportedly made the decision after a series of unresolved exchanges in recent days.

“I am writing to inform you that effective immediately, Harvard University’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification is revoked,” Noem wrote in the letter.

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Neither Harvard nor the DHS offered immediate public comment following the news.

Trump cuts $60 million in grants

The US Department of Health and Human Services announced on Monday that it is terminating $60 million in federal grants allocated to Harvard University, citing what it claimed was the institution’s “continued failure to address antisemitic harassment and race discrimination” on its campus.

The funding cut comes amid a sweeping crackdown by US President Donald Trump’s administration, which it frames as a reshaping of the higher education landscape, including the freeze or cancellation of nearly $3 billion in federal grants and contracts to Harvard in recent weeks alone.

Trump, upon taking office in January, has repeatedly criticized American universities for what he calls “anti-American, Marxist and radical left ideologies,” accusing elite institutions of fostering political bias and suppressing dissenting views.

Harvard has faced mounting accusations of allowing what the US administration perceives as 'antisemitic' incidents to go unaddressed, particularly following a wave of pro-Palestinian student demonstrations that swept across US campuses last year in the wake of "Israel’s" genocide in  Gaza.

Trump’s education crackdown and ideological battle

This decision forms part of a broader ideological confrontation launched by the Trump administration, targeting what it sees as entrenched liberalism in higher education. Trump’s education policy aims to penalize institutions accused of violating federal civil rights protections or promoting narratives the administration deems divisive or unpatriotic.

Columbia University has also come under federal scrutiny following similar allegations, as government officials continue to examine how major universities respond to rising campus activism linked to the Israeli war on Gaza and broader student-led movements calling for divestment from companies tied to the Israeli occupation.

In earlier public statements, Harvard University admitted it could not fully absorb the costs of the suspended federal support. It has reportedly begun working with affected research teams to find alternative funding and has filed a legal challenge contesting the administration’s decision.

As tensions over campus speech, race, and Middle East politics continue to shape the national discourse, the Trump administration has made clear it intends to hold academic institutions accountable for the pro-Palestine protests that took place on their campuses last year.

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