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Trump signs proclamation to suspend visas for new Harvard international students

Harvard University students wearing graduation gowns last month. PHOTO: MEL MUSTO/BLOOMBERG NEWS

Harvard University students wearing graduation gowns last month. PHOTO: MEL MUSTO/BLOOMBERG NEWS

Key Points

  • Trump suspends Harvard from the student visa program, blocking foreign nationals from attending.
  • Harvard declined to negotiate with Trump after rejecting demands from the Task Force to Combat Antisemitism.
  • Trump has pulled research funds, threatened tax-exempt status and probed foreign donations.

WASHINGTON—President Trump suspended Harvard from participating in the student visa program, effectively prohibiting foreign nationals from attending the nation’s oldest and most prominent university.

The proclamation issued by the White House late Wednesday ramps up Trump’s attacks on the university, which has sought to fight back against the administration in federal court. The proclamation seeks to prevent students from receiving visas to study for six months and perhaps longer.

The escalation comes as Harvard has declined to negotiate with Trump after the school rejected a series of demands from the administration’s Task Force to Combat Antisemitism. Those demands included oversight of faculty hiring, viewpoints and student admission at Harvard. Trump has pulled billions of dollars in federal research funds, threatened Harvard’s tax-exempt status and probed its acceptance of foreign donations.

Around a quarter of Harvard’s student population comes from abroad, with the proportion even higher in certain graduate schools.

Updates to follow as news develops.

Author: Natalie Andrews and Douglas Belkin

Source: WSJ:

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