The Trump Administration has given Harvard a 72-hour deadline to reinstate international students, subject to six stringent requirements.
To put it briefly:
The Trump administration prohibits international students from enrolling at Harvard University. 6,800 students’ careers—800 of whom were from India—were thrown in doubt. Harvard requested the submission of six particular documents in order to restore admissions.
The Trump administration has given Harvard University a 72-hour window to lift the ban and start accepting international students again, since the future of thousands of international students, many of whom are from India, is at stake. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has set six strict requirements that Harvard must meet in order to achieve this.
Harvard no longer has the right to admit international students on F-1 or J-1 visas after its certification under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) was revoked. This has put the academic futures of around 6,800 international students, including about 800 from India, who make up almost 25% of Harvard’s student body, in jeopardy.
International students now have just two choices: Transfer to a different university with SEVP certification. They run the risk of being deported since they will no longer have lawful immigration status in the US.
The Six Conditions Harvard Must Meet in 72 Hours
The Trump administration has made it possible for Harvard to regain its SEVP accreditation in spite of the ongoing dispute, especially with regard to claims of a “anti-Semitic atmosphere on campus.” But in order to proceed, Harvard must provide the DHS with the following six categories of records:
- Every document (official or unofficial), including audio, video, and electronic data, pertaining to any unlawful action committed by non-immigrant students on or off campus during the previous five years.
- Every document (official or unofficial), including audio, video, and electronic data, pertaining to any unlawful action committed by non-immigrant students on or off campus during the previous five years.
- Any records pertaining to threats made throughout the previous five years by non-immigrant students against other students or university employees.
- Records of any instances throughout the previous five years in which non-immigrant students infringed upon the rights of their peers or university staff, both on and off campus.
- include five years’ worth of disciplinary records for any Harvard student who is not an immigrant.
- Any and all recordings, whether audio or video, of non-immigrant students participating in protests on the Harvard campus over the previous five years.
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