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Judge Trump Administration’s Revocation of Harvard’s International Student Program

A preliminary injunction pauses the administration’s bid to end Harvard’s SEVP certification with the school now facing a 30-day response deadline.

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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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Graduating student Jordan Strasser poses for a photograph before Class Day Exercises, part of Harvard University?s 374th Commencement, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 28, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Overview

  • US District Judge Allison Burroughs granted a preliminary injunction preventing the Department of Homeland Security from revoking Harvard’s SEVP certification.
  • DHS served Harvard a formal 30-day notice of intent to withdraw its certification after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused the university of enabling antisemitic behavior, failing to provide requested visa holder information.
  • The administration has frozen over $3 billion in federal research funding to Harvard, signaled plans to cancel remaining federal contracts, threatening to revoke its tax-exempt status.
  • The State Department announced a review of all Harvard visa categories with plans to “aggressively revoke” visas for Chinese students tied to the Communist Party or studying in critical fields.
  • Harvard is mounting legal challenges to the administration’s measures as acts of retaliation against academic freedom with nearly 7,000 international students left uncertain about their status.