Trump restricts international students from studying at Harvard [View all]

Source: CBS News

POLITICS
Trump restricts international students from studying at Harvard

By Joe Walsh
Updated on: June 4, 2025 / 9:26 PM EDT / CBS News

President Trump barred most international students from entering the United States to study at Harvard University late Wednesday -- escalating the Trump administration's battle with the Ivy League school.

In a proclamation, Mr. Trump suspended the entry of foreign students or exchange visitors planning to go to Harvard, unless his administration determines somebody's entry "would be in the national interest." The order also directs Secretary of State Marco Rubio to consider whether student visa holders who are already in the U.S. "should have their visas revoked." The order will expire in six months, though an extension is possible.

The order claimed Harvard "is no longer a trustworthy steward of international student and exchange visitor programs," accusing the school of failing to report students' disciplinary records to the federal government and criticizing it for ties to researchers based in China.

A Harvard spokesperson called the order "yet another illegal retaliatory step taken by the Administration in violation of Harvard's First Amendment rights." ... "Harvard will continue to protect its international students," the spokesperson told CBS News.

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Earlier in GD, which I did not see until Thursday morning, this from dalton99a:

Wednesday, 9:35 PM
Trump Issues Proclamation Banning International Students at Harvard From Entering U.S.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220367387
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/enhancing-national-security-by-addressing-risks-at-harvard-university/

PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS
ENHANCING NATIONAL SECURITY BY ADDRESSING
RISKS AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Proclamations
June 4, 2025

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION
Admission into the United States to attend, conduct research, or teach at our Nation's institutions of higher education is a privilege granted by our Government, not a guarantee. That privilege is necessarily tied to the host institution's compliance and commitment to following Federal law. Harvard University has failed in this respect, among many others.

The Student Exchange Visa Program (SEVP) depends fundamentally on academic institutions' good faith, transparency, and full adherence to the relevant regulatory frameworks. This is for crucial national-security reasons. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has long warned that foreign adversaries and competitors take advantage of easy access to American higher education to, among other things, steal technical information and products, exploit expensive research and development to advance their own ambitions, and spread false information for political or other reasons. Our adversaries, including the People's Republic of China, try to take advantage of American higher education by exploiting the student visa program for improper purposes and by using visiting students to collect information at elite universities in the United States.

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