Overview

• The Trump administration froze over $2 billion in federal grants, revoked Harvard’s SEVP certification and issued a proclamation to bar entry by new international enrollees on national security grounds.
• U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs granted temporary restraining orders blocking both the visa ban and the SEVP revocation to avert immediate harm to students.
• The State Department instructed US consulates worldwide to resume processing Harvard student visa applications after an earlier directive halted interviews.
• Thousands of international students—current enrollees, graduates awaiting OPT authorization and incoming freshmen—face ongoing uncertainty over their visa status and academic plans.
• Harvard and the administration will return to court on June 16 for a full hearing that could determine the university’s ability to enroll foreign students going forward.