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Harvard banners in front Widener Library during the 374th Harvard Commencement in Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 29, 2025. US President Donald Trump on June 4, 2025 announced a ban on visas for foreign students who are set to begin attending Harvard University, ramping up his administration's crackdown on higher education. Rick Friedman, AFP

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1749085636257AFP__20250605__49AA7WP__v1__Preview__FilesUsPoliticsEducationHarvardImmigrationTrump.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Harvard banners in front Widener Library during the 374th Harvard Commencement in Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 29, 2025. US President Donald Trump on June 4, 2025 announced a ban on visas for foreign students who are set to begin attending Harvard University, ramping up his administration&#x27;s crackdown on higher education. Rick Friedman, AFP </span></span></span></div><p>US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a ban on visas for foreign students who are set to begin attending Harvard University, ramping up his administration&#x27;s crackdown on higher education.</p><p>&quot;I have determined that it is necessary to restrict the entry of foreign nationals who seek to enter the United States solely or principally to participate in a course of study at Harvard University or in an exchange visitor program hosted by Harvard University,&quot; Trump said in a statement late Wednesday.</p><p>The Trump administration has been in an ongoing showdown with academia, and Harvard in particular.</p><p>The Ivy League institution has continually drawn Trump&#x27;s ire while publicly rejecting his administration&#x27;s repeated demands to give up control of recruitment, curricula and research choices.</p><p>Trump&#x27;s proclamation said his decision would take effect immediately and &quot;shall apply to aliens who enter or attempt to enter the United States to begin attending Harvard University&quot; through the Student and Exchange Visitor Program.</p><p>It added that current international students already attending Harvard on various visas faced a review, and risked having &quot;their visas revoked.&quot;</p><p>The move was necessary to protect &quot;national security,&quot; the statement said.</p><p>&quot;In my judgement, it presents an unacceptable risk to our Nation&#x27;s security for an academic institution to refuse to provide sufficient information, when asked, about known instances of misconduct and criminality committed by its foreign students,&quot; Trump said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/5/28/-we-are-not-the-enemy-international-students-at-harvard-speak-out-1022">&#x27;We are not the enemy&#x27;: International students at Harvard speak out</a></div><p>He also charged that &quot;Harvard and its affiliated organizations on campus continue to deny hardworking Americans equal opportunities.&quot;</p><p>&quot;It is not in the interest of the United States to further compound Harvard&#x27;s discrimination against non-preferred races, national origins, shared ancestries, or religions by further reducing opportunities for American students through excessive foreign student enrollment,&quot; it said.</p><p>Wednesday&#x27;s edict appears to apply to Harvard University only.</p><p>The Trump administration has targeted foreign students explicitly, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowing to &quot;aggressively&quot; revoke visas to students from China.</p><p>Last week, as students graduated, a judge extended a temporary block on Trump&#x27;s bid to prevent Harvard from enrolling international students.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2025/6/4/matteo-guidicelli-is-now-a-marketing-student-at-the-harvard-business-school-in-the-us-1928">Matteo Guidicelli is now a marketing student at the Harvard Business School in the US</a></div><div><iframe width="1250" height="703" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dD1VNl0hPSM" title="Trump wants Harvard to name its foreign students to &#x27;find out if they&#x27;re okay&#x27; | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><iframe width="1250" height="703" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pFSluCiQjHc" title="Harvard will fight Trump administration demands over funding | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a ban on visas for foreign students who are set to begin attending Harvard University, ramping up his administration's crackdown on higher education.</p>

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a ban on visas for foreign students who are set to begin attending Harvard University, ramping up his administration's crackdown on higher education.

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Trump bans visas for new foreign students at Harvard

Agence France-Presse

Published June 05, 2025 09:08 AM PHT

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