Trump Suspends Visas for New Harvard International Students

The proclamation accuses Harvard University of failing to ‘discipline at least some categories of conduct violations on campus.’

Harvard banners at Widener Library during the 374th Harvard Commencement in Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Mass., on May 29, 2025. Rick Friedman/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on June 4 to suspend international visas for new students at Harvard University as his administration and the Ivy League college battle in court over frozen federal funding.

Trump’s proclamation, “Enhancing National Security by Addressing Risks at Harvard University,” stops any new Harvard students from entering the United States as nonimmigrants under student (F), vocational (M), and exchange visitor (J) visas. It directs “the Secretary of State to consider revoking existing F, M, or J visas for current Harvard students who meet the Proclamation’s criteria.”