"This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus," said Secretary Kristi Noem. "It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments to help pad their multibillion-dollar endowments. Harvard had plenty of opportunity to do the right thing. It refused. They have lost their Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification as a result of their failure to adhere to the law. Let this serve as a warning to all universities and academic institutions across the country.". //

Noem has been requesting records regarding visa-holding students so they can see if any of them are troublemakers and inciting hate and violence. Harvard has mostly been stonewalling her efforts.

Unless this conflict gets resolved quickly, Harvard can no longer enroll foreign students for the 2025-2026 school year. Existing foreign students, meanwhile, must transfer or they’ll have their legal status to reside in the U.S. revoked. //

bk
9 hours ago
she gave them 72 hours to respond if they don’t want this punishment to go forward.
It'll only take them a couple hours to find a federal judge in Boston to put a hold on it.

thinkingoutloud bk
7 hours ago
DEC 10, 2024 in a 9-0 SCOTUS decision:
"The nation’s highest court unanimously ruled that the head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) possesses expansive discretionary powers to rescind previously approved visa applications, without being subjected to judicial oversight. This decision in the Bourfa v. Mayorkas case reaffirmed the Secretary’s authority to revoke immigration petitions “for what he deems to be good and sufficient cause” as stipulated in 8 United States Code (USC) §1155."
https://congressionalpost.com/supreme-court-government-can-cancel-immigration-visas-anytime/