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Harvard Secures Injunction as DHS Shifts to 30-Day Review of International Enrollment

DHS’s 30-day administrative review of Harvard’s foreign-student certification follows a federal judge’s order blocking immediate decertification.

A view of the Business School campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi/File Photo
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Overview

  • A federal judge granted Harvard a preliminary injunction last week blocking DHS from revoking its SEVP certification to enroll international students.
  • DHS issued a notice of intent to withdraw Harvard’s certification under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program and opened a 30-day review instead of enforcing an abrupt decertification.
  • The Trump administration has frozen over $3 billion in Harvard’s federal research grants and plans to cancel roughly $100 million in remaining contracts, citing campus antisemitism and alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced plans to “aggressively revoke” visas for Chinese students with CCP connections or in critical fields and halted new visa appointments pending expanded security screening.
  • Harvard, which enrolls nearly 6,800 international students (27 percent of its body), warns these actions threaten its research operations, campus diversity and the broader $50 billion annual economic boost from foreign students.