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Trump bans new foreign students from Harvard, threatens existing visas

Citing national security concerns over undisclosed foreign student data, the White House directed the State Department to review existing visas.

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Vladyslav Plyaka poses for a photo at Capitol Hill neighborhood in Washington, Monday, June 2, 2025. Vladyslav Plyaka came to the U.S. from Ukraine as an exchange student in high school and stayed to attend the University of Wisconsin. His entry visa has expired, and he was planning to visit Poland to see his mother and renew his visa over the next year. He doesn't know when that will be possible now that visa appointments are suspended, and he doesn't feel safe leaving the country even when appointments resume. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Overview

  • President Trump’s June 4 executive order suspends all new F, M and J visas for Harvard University under presidential powers in the Immigration and Nationality Act.
  • The proclamation tasks Secretary of State Marco Rubio with evaluating whether to revoke visas of current international students enrolled at Harvard.
  • Harvard University has called the order illegal and retaliatory, pledging to expand its legal challenge on First Amendment and due-process grounds.
  • The administration asserts Harvard failed to provide sufficient records on foreign student misconduct and accepted over $150 million in Chinese funding.
  • The ban affects about 25% of Harvard’s student body—including nearly 788 Indian scholars—and raises concerns about global research partnerships and academic freedom.