Trump Administration Blocks Harvard's Ability to Enroll International Students

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Trump Administration Bars Harvard From Enrolling Foreign Students

The Trump administration revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students in its escalating battle with the Ivy League school, saying thousands of current students must transfer to other schools or leave the country.

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Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students

The Trump administration has followed through on its threat to pull Harvard University's ability to enroll and host foreign students unless it gives the federal government information about students in the country on visas.

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Trump administration terminates Harvard's student visa program

Harvard can no longer enroll foreign students in the 2025-2026 school year and existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status to reside in the U.S. before the next academic year begins.

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Trump administration blocks Harvard's ability to enrol international students in move university calls 'unlawful'
Trump administration blocks Harvard's ability to enrol international students in move university calls 'unlawful' New York Times: The decision follows a back-and-forth in recent days over the legality of a sprawling records request as part of the Department of Homeland Security’s investigation. In a letter seen by the outlet, Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, told the University: “I am writing to inform you that effective immediately, Harvard University’”
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Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students
The administration revoked Harvard's certification in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program. “This means Harvard can no longer enroll foreign students and existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status,” the agency said in a statement. Most are graduate students, coming from more than 100 countries.
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Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling international students
The move marks an escalation in the administration's fight against the college. Harvard lost its ability to use the Student and Exchange Visitor Program. The SEVP program allows for noncitizens to study at the university under a specific visa. Harvard said the move by the Trump administration is not legal.
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Trump Admin Blocks Harvard From Enrolling International Students, Requires Current Foreign Students To Transfer 'Or Lose Legal Status'
Harvard has been blocked from enrolling international students. The move follows a back-and-forth in recent days over the legality of a wide-ranging records request by the Department of Homeland Security. Current foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status, the notice reads.
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Trump Stops Harvard From Enrolling International Students: Report
Harvard is one of multiple universities financially threatened by the Trump administration.
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Harvard University can no longer enroll foreign students, Trump administration says
Department of Homeland Security says existing foreign students must transfer or lose legal status. About one in four Harvard students are international, according to school data. Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem says Harvard is "fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus"
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Trump administration says Harvard can no longer enroll international students
The move marks a significant escalation in the White House's battle to pressure the university to overhaul its admissions, hiring and teaching practices. The decision will almost certainly prompt a legal challenge from the university, which is already in active litigation against the federal government for freezing billions of dollars in research funding. The Homeland Security secretary said she would reconsider her decision if Harvard satisfied her demands for more information.
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Administration Blocks Harvard from Enrolling International Students
President Trump blocked Harvard from enrolling international students. About 23% of Harvard’s students are international. The international students are a good part of the problem of pervasive anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism at the university. The administration has already pulled billions of dollars in federal research funding from the school.
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How Can the Government Stop Harvard From Enrolling International Students?
Homeland Security says that effective immediately, it has revoked a certification that allows Harvard to have access to SEVIS. Oddly enough, the students may still have valid visas, but Harvard is no longer able to log them into this all-important database. The announcement was a significant escalation in the administration’s efforts to pressure Harvard to fall.
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Trump blocks Harvard’s ability to enroll international students in major escalation of his war on college
Donald Trump’s administration is blocking Harvard University from enrolling international students. Currently enrolled foreign students must leave the university or risk losing their legal status in the country. Department of Homeland Security claims Harvard “has created an unsafe campus environment by permitting anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators to harass and physically assault individuals”
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Trump administration blocks Harvard from enrolling foreign students
The administration notified Harvard about the decision after a back-and-forth in recent days over the legality of a sprawling records request. The latest move is likely to prompt a second legal challenge from Harvard, according to another person familiar with the school's thinking. The university sued the administration last month over the government’s attempt to impose changes to its curriculum and hiring practices.
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Shock at Harvard After Government Says International Students Must Go
International students, who make up more than a quarter of the university's enrollment, sought clarity or reassurance. “There are so many students from all over the world who came to Harvard to make it a better place and to change America and change their home countries for the better,” one student said.
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