The Harvard International Office announced Sunday that three students and two recent graduates from the university have had their student visas revoked amid the Trump administration’s crackdown.
The office did not release the students’ names and said it has referred them to legal counsel. The reasoning for the revocation is unknown, but the office said it was made during a routine records review.
“Harvard deeply values the international students and scholars who travel here to learn and grow. The talent they bring to campus each day increases our ability to advance world-class discovery in fields that have meaningful impact on people’s lives, while creating positive relationships and discourse that expand the horizons of people across our community. We are committed to continuing to support them,” the office wrote.
A spokesperson for the university declined to comment.
Numerous schools across the country have seen multiple international students lose their visas since the start of President Trump’s second term.
The administration’s reasoning has not always been clear, but several high-profile cases have involved pulling visas and looking to deport students who were involved in last year’s pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio previously said hundreds of visas have been pulled.
“We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visa,” Rubio told reporters late last month.
“I hope at some point we run out because we have gotten rid of all of them, but we’re looking every day for these lunatics that are tearing things up.”
Harvard is also in the hot seat with the administration as it threatens funding to the university unless it caves to demands to change its policies due to alleged inaction against antisemitism.
