As the US President’s threats came to fruition on Thursday, thousands of current Harvard students will now have to transfer to other schools or lose their legal status and leave the country.
The move is likely to spark a legal challenge from Harvard as the Trump administration continues to pressure universities to fall in line with the president’s agenda.
The DHS said Harvard had created an unsafe campus environment by allowing “anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators” to assault Jewish students on campus.
“This means Harvard can no longer enrol foreign students and existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status,” the agency said in a statement.
US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem listens during an Oval Office meeting (Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
In a letter to Harvard on Thursday, Noem said the school’s sanction is “the unfortunate result of Harvard’s failure to comply with simple reporting requirements.”
The administration revoked Harvard’s certification in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, which gives the school the ability to sponsor international students to get their visas and attend school in the United States.
Part of a wider campaign
Brown University, Columbia, Cornell, Northwestern, Pennsylvania and Princeton are all set to lose hundreds of millions of dollars in funding.
Trump has long campaigned on an anti-elite platform, with the prestigious universities he has targeted tending to espouse the very values he has publicly stood against, including affirmative action admissions programs and the proliferation of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives on campuses.
Last week, the college said it was dedicating $250m (£186m) of their own funds to support researchers after the federal grant freeze.
He has criticised Harvard in particular for hiring prominent Democrats to teaching or leadership positions.
Around 6,800 foreign students are enrolled at Harvard’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, accounting for more than a quarter of their student body. Most are graduate students, coming from more than 100 countries.
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Read MoreHarvard called the action “unlawful” and said it was working to provide guidance to students.
“We are working quickly to provide guidance and support to members of our community. This retaliatory action threatens serious harm to the Harvard community and our country, and undermines Harvard’s academic and research mission.”
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