Overview

• DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Harvard “repeatedly refused” non-coercive requests for SEVP data on foreign students’ disciplinary records since January 2020, prompting the subpoenas.
• Education Secretary Linda McMahon and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. informed the New England Commission of Higher Education that Harvard violated Title VI by failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment, creating a risk of accreditation loss.
• Harvard has secured temporary restraining orders in federal court to block DHS efforts to revoke its SEVP certification and to maintain access to international student enrollment.
• The administration has withheld or canceled over $3 billion in federal research grants and contracts to pressure Harvard into policy and governance changes.
• Officials have warned peer institutions that noncompliance with similar information requests could lead to subpoenas, funding penalties, or accreditation challenges.