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**Summary:**

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is revoking Harvard University’s student visa program due to the university’s alleged failure to comply with DHS requests for behavioral records of student visa holders. DHS claims Harvard has fostered violence, antisemitism, and ties to the Chinese Communist Party, and has failed to address pro-terrorist conduct at campus protests. This action means Harvard will be unable to enroll foreign students for the upcoming academic year, and current foreign students must transfer or leave the country. The move follows increased scrutiny of university policies and protests, specifically related to pro-Gaza demonstrations. The Trump administration has also frozen federal funding to Harvard and is investigating the university over antisemitism and DEI policies.

**News Article:**

**DHS Strips Harvard of Student Visa Program Over “Pro-Terrorist” Protests, Records Refusal**

**WASHINGTON D.C.** – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today the immediate termination of Harvard University’s participation in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), effectively barring the Ivy League institution from enrolling international students for the 2025-2026 academic year.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem cited Harvard’s alleged failure to comply with repeated requests for behavioral records of students holding visas as the primary reason for the drastic action. Noem accused Harvard of fostering a hostile environment conducive to violence, antisemitism, and pro-Hamas rhetoric, fueled by campus protests.

“It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students,” Noem stated. “Harvard had ample opportunity to do the right thing. It refused. They have lost their SEVP certification as a result of their failure to adhere to the law.”

The decision requires current international students at Harvard to either transfer to another U.S. institution or face the loss of their legal status to remain in the country.

Noem’s office issued a letter to Harvard immigration services director, Maureen Martin stating ” As a result of your brazen refusal to comply with multiple requests to provide the Department of Homeland Security pertinent information while perpetuating an unsafe campus environment that is hostile to Jewish students, promotes pro-Hamas rhetoric, and employs racist ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ policies, you have lost this privilege.”

The DHS is offering Harvard a 72-hour window to provide the requested information in an attempt to regain its visa program. The information requested includes any footage of protest activity involving students on visas and the disciplinary records of all students on visas in the last five years.

The move follows a broader crackdown on university policies in the wake of widespread pro-Gaza protests and encampments, and comes after Trump Adminstration has already frozen nearly $3 billion in federal funding to Harvard. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stated that the State Department has already revoked “thousands” of student visas related to protest activity.

Harvard University has not issued an official statement in response to the DHS announcement.

This is a developing story, and Fox News will continue to provide updates as they become available.

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