File photo: A representation of the Business School Campus from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US | Photocredit: Faith Ninivaggi
The government of US President Donald Trump has the ability of Harvard University to register international students, and will force existing students to switch to other schools or to lose their legal status, the Ministry of Interior Security said Thursday.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Name the department to end the certification of the student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) of Harvard University, the department said in a statement.
Harvard called the promotion illegal.
The move comes after Harvard refused to provide information that had previously demanded about some foreign student visa holders who go to the university, the department said.
“This government holds Harvard responsible for promoting violence, anti -Semitism and coordination with the Chinese Communist Party on her campus,” said Name. “It is a privilege, not right, for universities to register foreign students and to take advantage of their higher tuition fees to fill their dollar gifts of billions.”
Harvard said that the move is seriously damaged by the university.
“The government’s action is illegal. We are fully committed to maintaining Harvard’s ability to organize international students and scientists who come from more than 140 countries and the university – and this nation – immeasurably, enrich the university in a statement.”
The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comments.
The move marks an important escalation of the Trump government against the Elite Ivy League University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which has emerged as one of Trump’s most prominent institutional goals.
The Republican president has made an extraordinary effort to renew private colleges and schools in the US that he says that Foster Anti-American, Marxist and “radical left-wing” ideologies. He mainly criticized Harvard for hiring prominent democrats for educational or leadership positions.
Published on May 23, 2025
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