Trump Admin Effectively Bars Foreign Students From Harvard

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Wednesday effectively suspending the entry of foreign nationals at Harvard University who are seeking “to study or participate in exchange programs.”

In May, the Trump administration revoked Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification, with a federal judge later upholding a block on the order. A press release from the White House said the new proclamation will now suspend any new Harvard student who is a nonimmigrant under F, M, or J visas.

“The Proclamation does not apply to aliens attending other U.S. universities through the Student Exchange Visa Program (SEVP) and exempts aliens whose entry is deemed in the national interest,” the statement reads.

Citing a list of reasons on how Harvard has “demonstrated” a history “of concerning foreign ties and radicalism,” the White House press statement accused the university of experiencing a “drastic rise in crime” while failing to “discipline at least some categories of conduct violations on campus.”

“Harvard is either not fully reporting its disciplinary records for foreign students or is not seriously policing its foreign students,” the statement reads.

In April, a battle over Harvard’s funds began after the Trump administration froze an additional $1 billion from the National Institutes of Health to the university, citing the school as being “intransigent with respect to obligations to protect students on this campus from the effects of insidious antisemitism.”