DHS Threatens to Revoke Foreigner Enrollment to Harvard, Cancels $2.7 Million in Grants

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says Harvard is ‘unfit to be entrusted with taxpayer dollars.’

Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on April 16, 2025. Learner Liu/The Epoch Times

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on April 16 threatened to revoke Harvard University’s ability to enroll foreign students, and announced that DHS was pulling $2.7 million in grants from the school.

Noem tied the decision to Harvard’s response to the pro-Palestinian protests at the school that began after Israel’s military operation targeting Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip in response to the group’s attacks on southern Israel in October 2023.