A highly studied student at Harvard Joe described “devastating” from uncertainty on the campus, as it seems that the Trump administration is intensifying its efforts to restrict international students at the prestigious university.
“It was definitely Soller Brash’s journey,” said Vangzhou Jiang, who has one semester of the Master’s program at Kennedy College of Government at Harvard University. “During the past week, everyone was panicked about whether they should stay in the United States or leave immediately.”
A federal judge in Boston announced on Thursday that it would issue a preliminary order prohibiting the Trump administration’s attempts to prevent Harvard from registering international students.
The referee represents a temporary victory for the university in its ongoing confrontation with the White House, which launched multiple measures against the institution.
The Harvard brand is shown on the Harvard University campus in Boston, May 27, 2025.
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The Acting Director for Migration and Customs in the United States issued a speech on Thursday that gives the school 30 days to challenge the administration’s cancellation of the certificate to register international students.
National Security Ministry officials said that cancellation is necessary because Harvard University has failed to deliver information about international students – including disciplinary records – according to the Trump administration request.
The school said in a lawsuit against the Trump administration that the procedures received from the Ministry of National Security were “a clear revenge in Harvard to exercise the first amendment rights to reject the government’s demands to control Harvard’s governance and its curriculum and” ideology “of faculty and students.
The Trump administration has already frozen more than $ 3 billion in Harvard’s federal funding and plans to cancel the remaining federal contracts worth $ 100 million. President Donald Trump also expressed interest in canceling the university’s exemption status at the university.
Fangzhou Jiang is studying on a student visa and leaves one semester before graduating from Kennedy State College in Harvard.
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Tensions escalated on Wednesday when Foreign Minister Marco Rubio announced that officials will begin to “cancel” the visas of some Chinese students strongly, which raised new concerns among the international students community.
“Everyone is wondering about the plan for the next year – whether we have to take a leave, whether we have to return home and end the semester via the Internet, or wait for more directive,” said Jiang, who served as Vice President of the Student Government in Family Affairs.
For Harvard University, where international students make up more than a A quarter of the Student AuthorityAccording to the university, the effect can be large. Jiang confirmed that international students play decisive roles on the campus, from conducting academic research to facilitating cultural exchanges.
Jiang said: “The removal of international students from Harvard University will not make Harvard Harvard over the past 400 years,” Jiang said. “This will affect Harvard’s views. It will definitely weaken Harvard’s international influence and reputation. It is certainly not in the interest of American higher education or the United States as a country.”
Jiang said that although the university has committed to protecting international students through legal procedures and other means, specific guidelines for the next academic year are unclear. Based on the experiences during the Covid-19s, Jiang is still optimistic that online learning options can provide a solution if necessary.
Jiang said, “The school committed to protecting international students with any energy,” Jiang said. “I am still confident that the university will be able to provide measures to help us end our education at Harvard University.”
“The court’s decision today allows the university to continue registration of international students and scientists during the progress of the case forward. Harvard University will continue to take steps to protect the rights of our international students and scientists, and members of our society who suffer from the vitality of the academic mission of the university and society – which is useful for our existence here unlimited,” Harvard University said in a statement in favor of ABC News.
