Overview

• Harvard received a notice of inspection and a related subpoena from the Department of Homeland Security earlier this month seeking I-9 forms and supporting documentation for its employees.
• It complied by submitting thousands of employee I-9 documents but is withholding records for positions held exclusively by students pending a privacy law review.
• Harvard cited federal regulations that entitle DHS to inspect U.S. employers’ Form I-9 records to verify work eligibility.
• The university informed current and former staff in an email that the employment records demand is separate from previous orders for international student data.
• Harvard continues its court battle to unfreeze $2.2 billion in research grants and to challenge the administration’s broader funding and visa restrictions.