Harvard University has admitted that President Trump’s crackdown is having a “devastating” impact on the institution.
Earlier this week, the Department of Homeland Security informed Harvard University that it will no longer be permitted to issue student visas for international applicants.
The decision follows Harvard’s failure to supply documentation confirming that it adheres to U.S. laws prohibiting discrimination, toleration of campus violence, and collaboration with authoritarian foreign regimes.
This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus.
It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments… pic.twitter.com/12hJWd1J86
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) May 22, 2025
In their lawsuit against the ban, Harvard described the “devastating” effect it would have on the instutition:
Yesterday, the government abruptly revoked that certification without process or cause, to immediate and devastating effect for Harvard and more than 7,000 visa holders.
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With the stroke of a pen, the government has sought to erase a quarter of Harvard’s student body, international students who contribute significantly to the University and its mission.
Effective immediately, most of Harvard’s thousands of enrolled [foreign] F-1 and J-1 visa students (and their more than 300 dependents) will have little choice but to secure transfer to another school or risk being rendered without lawful status in the United States.
Without its international students, Harvard is not Harvard.
The move has since been suspended by an Obama judge, Allison Dale Burroughs, before it inevitably ascends to a higher court.
In a statement after her ruling, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said, “unelected judges have no right to stop the Trump Administration from exercising their rightful control over immigration policy and national security policy.”
Last month, it was reported that Harvard and several other universities had formed a “private collective” to try and coordinate their response against the administration.
“Maintaining close contact, they have discussed red lines they won’t cross in negotiations and have gamed out how to respond to different demands presented by the Trump administration, which has frozen or canceled billions in research funding at schools it says haven’t effectively combated antisemitism on their campuses,” The Wall Street Journal noted at the time.
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