Overview
- The State Department has officially launched a formal probe into Harvard’s eligibility to sponsor Exchange Visitor Program visas under Rubio’s directive.
- Rubio’s statement requires Harvard to demonstrate full compliance with program rules, transparent reporting and safeguarding of national security interests.
- This inquiry follows a Department of Homeland Security subpoena for Harvard’s international student records and a suspension of visa interviews pending enhanced social-media screenings.
- Harvard is simultaneously fighting in federal court to overturn the administration’s $2.6 billion funding cuts and a blocked ban on admitting foreign students.
- The Education Department has opened parallel investigations into five public universities over potential immigration-status discrimination in their scholarship programs.