Overview

• President Trump issued a proclamation to bar F-1 and J-1 visa holders from attending Harvard citing national security and diversity concerns.
• U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs granted a temporary restraining order preventing the administration from revoking Harvard’s SEVP certification and denying student visas.
• The State Department instructed overseas consulates to restart processing visa applications for prospective Harvard students after briefly suspending interviews.
• Harvard has filed multiple lawsuits alleging the administration’s actions violate its constitutional rights and amount to unlawful retaliation over funding cuts and visa curbs.
• The administration has frozen more than $2 billion in federal grants to Harvard and launched investigations into its diversity and antisemitism policies, heightening uncertainty for thousands of international students.