By Katherine Tinsley
2:47am PDT, Jun 6, 2025
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Donald Trump's war against Harvard continues, as the president announced on Wednesday, June 4, that Harvard's international students will be banned from entering the U.S. to attend the Ivy League institution.
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International students will be unable to travel to the U.S. to attend Harvard for six months.
Donald Trump declared that Harvard has treated the country with "great disrespect" and that the institution is no longer a "trustworthy steward of international student and exchange visitor programs."
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Donald Trump previously accused Harvard of allowing antisemitic rhetoric to thrive on campus. The university then refused to follow Trump's anti-DEI executive orders, as they are committed to fostering diverse experiences, ideologies and identities on campus. Things further escalated when the institution failed to hand over international students' records — including footage of campus protests.
"When a university refuses to uphold its legal obligations, including its record-keeping and reporting obligations, the consequences ripple far beyond the campus," Trump said in
one executive order, noting that it is of "national interest" to block foreign students from attending Harvard.
"They jeopardize the integrity of the entire United States student and exchange visitor visa system, compromise national security, and embolden other institutions to similarly disregard the rule of law," he added.
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Donald Trump's proclamation follows a Massachusetts judge's decision to
temporarily ban his administration from making permanent changes to Harvard's visa program.
"I want to maintain the status quo," Judge
Allison Burroughs said while urging both parties to come to an agreement.
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Kristi Noem has taken legal action against Harvard: The Secretary of Homeland Security gave the university 30 days to plead the case for why they should be allowed to accept students through the Student and Exchange Visitor Program.
This move was also blocked by a federal judge, though the Donald Trump administration still threatened to take away $3.3 billion in federal grants from Harvard and later asserted that they hope to shift their investment toward trade schools.
