President Donald Trump used his authority over the nation’s borders Wednesday to deny F-1 education visas to foreigners seeking places at Harvard University.
The no-visas policy damages Harvard’s claim to be a center for global elites, and was imposed after Harvard officials filed a lawsuit against Trump’s demand the university show it is complying with Americans’ civil rights laws.
The White House’s statement says :
The Proclamation suspends the entry into the United States of any new Harvard student as a nonimmigrant under F, M, or J visas.
It directs the Secretary of State [Marco Rubio] to consider revoking existing [emphasis addded] F, M, or J visas for current Harvard students who meet the Proclamation’s criteria.
The M and F visas are used by more than 400,000 migrants e