US EditionHarvard Visa Threat Could Wipe Out Several of the School's Sports Teams
- On May 22, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security withdrew Harvard University's authorization to enroll international students at its campus near Boston.
- The decision followed accusations that Harvard created an unsafe campus by allowing assaults on Jewish students by "anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators."
- Harvard’s 42 varsity sports teams, including about 21% of players with foreign hometowns, face significant losses if affected international athletes cannot compete.
- Harvard President Alan Garber, who is Jewish, described the lawsuit filed against the federal funding freeze as part of the university’s commitment to actively oppose hatred while adhering to legal requirements.
- Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey criticized the ban, citing harm to students and the economy, saying it benefits only countries recruiting displaced students.
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Ban on foreign students could wipe out Harvard teams
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Some of Harvard's sports teams would be virtually wiped out by a Trump administration decision announced on Thursday that would make the Ivy League school with the nation's largest athletic program ineligible for international student visas.
Foreign student ban could wipe out Harvard teams
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Some of Harvard's sports teams would be virtually wiped out by a Trump administration decision announced on Thursday that would make the Ivy League school with the nation's largest athletic program ineligible for international student visas.
Harvard visa threat could wipe out several of the school's sports teams
Harvard's 42 varsity sports teams are the most in the nation, and 21% of the players on the school's rosters for the 2024-25 seasons — or 196 out of 919 athletes — had international hometowns.
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