US President Trump administration revokes Harvard’s ability to enroll international students

U.S. President Trump’s administration revoked Harvard University’s eligibilty for enrollment foreign students on Thursday, and directing students already enrolled to transfer to other schools or forfeit their legal status, according to the Department of Homeland Security, as per Reuters.

According to the Reuters, Kristi Noem, Homeland Security Secretary has directed the department to revoke the Harvard University’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification, the department stated in a statement. Kristi Noem alleged the university of “fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party.”

Harvard University stated the President Trump administration move – which impacts thousands of students – was illicit and constituted retaliation.

The restrictions on international students marks a vital surge of the President Trump administration’s campaign opposed the elite Ivy League university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which has come out as one of Donald Trump’s most notable institutional targets. The move comes following Harvard University rejected to provide detail that kristi Noem had lastly demanded about some international student visa holders who pursue the university, according to the department, quoted by Reuters.

“It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments to help pad their multibillion-dollar endowments,” according to Kristi Noem in a statement, cited by Reuters.

As per Reuters report, Harvard University denied the accusations and pledged to backing international students.

“The government’s action is unlawful,” the university said in a statement. “This retaliatory action threatens serious harm to the Harvard community and our country, and undermines Harvard’s academic and research mission.”

The Harvard University stated it was “fully committed” to educating international students and was coordinating on producing guidance for impacted students.

Reuters report that Harvard University enrolled around 6,800 foreign students in the 2024-2025 school year, constituting to 27% of its total enrollment, as per the university statistics.

President Donald Trump, a Republican, has undertaken an exceptional effort to reform private colleges and schools across the United States that he mentions promote anti-American, Marxist and “radical left” ideologies. Trump has condemned Harvard University in particular for recruiting notable Democrats to teaching or top-level positions. (Forelines)