Overview
- A State Department cable signed by Secretary Marco Rubio orders consular posts to stop scheduling any new F-1, M-1 and J-1 visa interviews until guidance on expanded social media vetting is released.
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revoked Harvard’s authorization to enroll roughly 6,800 international students and the administration froze $2.6 billion in federal grants and sought cancellation of $100 million in contracts.
- Harvard filed suit to overturn the enrollment ban and a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order, warning that revoking visas would cause immediate and irreparable harm.
- Hundreds of Harvard students and faculty held demonstrations in support of foreign students and against the cuts to the university’s funding.
- Education advocates warn the measures could disrupt fall term enrollment and undercut the $43.8 billion generated by 1.1 million international students in 2023–24.