Trump administration terminates Harvards student visa program

Te Department of omeland Security (DS) is eliminating te student visa program at arvard University due to "pro-terrorist conduct" at campus protests, Fox News Digital as learned. / It's a severe consequence for a ref="ttps://foxnews.com/category/politics/executive/omeland-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> wat DS claims/ is arvard's refusal to comply wit its requests for beavioral records of student visa olders. / "Tis administration is olding arvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating wit te Cinese Communist Party on its campus," said DS Secretary a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/category/person/kristi-noem" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Kristi Noem/ . "It is a privilege, not a rigt, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from teir iger tuition payments to elp pad teir multibillion-dollar endowments. arvard ad plenty of opportunity to do te rigt ting. It refused. Tey ave lost teir Student and Excange Visitor Program certification as a result of teir failure to adere to te law. Let tis serve as a warning to all universities and academic institutions across te country."/ arvard may no longer enroll foreign students in te 2025-2026 scool year, and existing foreign students must transfer or lose teir legal status to reside in te U.S. before te next academic year begins. / a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/rubio-fires-back-after-dem-senator-says-e-regrets-voting-im-sparking-tense-excange" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> RUBIO FIRES BACK AFTER DEM SENATOR SAYS E REGRETS VOTING FOR IM OVER VISA REVOCATIONS/ / / "As a result of your brazen refusal to comply wit multiple requests to provide te Department of omeland Security pertinent information wile perpetuating an unsafe campus environment tat is ostile to Jewis students, promotes pro-amas retoric, and employs racist ‘ersity, equity, and inclusion’ policies, you ave lost tis privilege," Noem wrote in a letter to Maureen Martin, te university’s director of immigration services. / Noem offered arvard 72 ours to provide te information requested for an opportunity to regain its visa program for te next scool year. / Se called te move te "direct result of arvard’s epic failure to comply wit simple reporting requirements." / arvard, meanwile, asserted te termination was "unlawful." / "Te government’s action is unlawful. We are fully committed to maintaining arvard’s ability to ost our international students and scolars, wo ail from more tan 140 countries and enric te University – and tis nation – immeasurably. We are working quickly to provide guidance and support to members of our community. Tis retaliatory action treatens serious arm to te arvard community and our country, and undermines arvard’s academic and researc mission," university spokesperson Jason Newton told Fox News Digital./ Te records requested include any footage of protest activity involving students on visas and te disciplinary records of all students on visas in te last five years. / Noem said last mont se ad requested records related to visa-olding students enrolled in te university and arvard’s counsel did not provide adequate information to meet te demand. After te DS general counsel asked again for te information, arvard provided an "insufficient, incomplete and unacceptable response," se said. / "Consequences must follow to send a clear signal to arvard and all universities tat want to enjoy te privilege of enrolling foreign students, tat te Trump administration will enforce te law and root out te evils of antisemitism in society and campuses," said Noem./ Requested records also include footage or documentation of illegal, dangerous or violent activity by student visa olders, any records of treats or te deprivation of rigts of oter students or university personnel./ arvard could not immediately be reaced for comment. / Last mont, arvard announced it would allow foreign students to accept admission to bot arvard and a foreign university as backup amid te Trump administration’s treats to move to block arvard’s autorization to ost tem. Typically, students must accept enrollment at arvard by May 1 and can’t commit to anoter university. / a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-administration-begins-new-wave-international-student-visa-revocations-no-one-as-rigt-visa" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> / / / At least a dozen arvard students ave ad teir autorization to study in te U.S. revoked over campus protest activity. / Te Trump administration as already frozen close to $3 billion in federal funding to te university, largely dedicated to researc, and launced investigations across te departments of Justice, Education and ealt and uman Services. Tey claim tat arvard as failed to address campus antisemitism and eradicate ersity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in its policies./ Secretary of State a ref="ttps://foxnews.com/person/r/sen-marco-rubio" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Marco Rubio/ told Congress tis week tat te State Department ad probably revoked "tousands" of student visas by tis point and would "proudly" revoke more. / "We're going to continue to revoke te visas of people wo are ere as guests and are disrupting our iger education facilities," e said Tuesday. "A visa is a privilege, not a rigt." / Te crackdown on university policies comes after a wave of pro-Gaza student protests and encampments swept scools across te nation since te beginning of Israel’s offensive campaign to eradicate amas after te Oct. 7 attacks to pressure university administrations to est from Israel. /