Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students

WASHINGTON AP The Trump administration revoked Harvard University s ability to enroll international students in its escalating battle with the Ivy League school saying thousands of current students must transfer to other schools or leave the country The Department of Homeland Protection declared the action Thursday saying Harvard has created an unsafe campus surroundings by allowing anti-American pro-terrorist agitators to assault Jewish students on campus Without offering evidence it also accused Harvard of coordinating with the Chinese communist party This means Harvard can no longer enroll foreign students and existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status the agency revealed in a declaration Harvard enrolls almost foreign students at its campus in Cambridge Massachusetts accounting for more than a quarter of its scholar body Majority are graduate students coming from more than countries This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence antisemitism and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus Kristi Noem explained in a message The administration revoked Harvard s certification in the Aspirant and Exchange Visitor Project which gives the school the ability to sponsor international students to get their visas and attend school in the United States