Donald Trump's former advisor Steve Bannon said Harvard today is a disaster and he made sure that his words carry weight as he added that he can vouch for what he said as a Harvard graduate. "Harvard just tweeted out on the official site 'Harvard without international students is not Harvard'.I don't think that in the 18th and 19th centuries, they were packed with foreign students when Harvard was at the top of its game. Harvard now is a disaster, and I say this as a graduate," Steve Bannon said.
Bannon said all those 6,000 billets should be filled with kids of American citizens, who are American citizens.
The Trump administration barred Harvard from taking foreign students unless they comply with the administration by providing the details of foreign students involved in any crime, violence, protest etc. Instead of toeing the line of the Department of Homeland Security, Harvard went to court, calling the ban unconstitutional.
A federal judge in Boston, Allison D Burroughs, issued a temporary restraining order against the ban agreeing that Harvard had shown that its implementation would cause "immediate and irreparable injury" to the university. The way forward is not decided, and about 6000 international students are in doubt over their continuation of study at the university as Trump's diktat not only bars Harvard from taking international students in the new session but also asks existing ones to get transferred.
China, Canada, India are the top three home countries of Harvard's international students
According to 2024 data, the largest share of international students comes from China (1390), followed by Canada (751) and India (578). South Korea and the United Kingdom have 264 students each studying at Harvard now. For undergraduate studies, the largest number of international students at Harvard is from Canada.
China condemned the US ban on Harvard's international students and said this move will only damage US' image and international credibility.
Bannon said all those 6,000 billets should be filled with kids of American citizens, who are American citizens.
The Trump administration barred Harvard from taking foreign students unless they comply with the administration by providing the details of foreign students involved in any crime, violence, protest etc. Instead of toeing the line of the Department of Homeland Security, Harvard went to court, calling the ban unconstitutional.
BANNON: I say this as a graduate: The Harvard of now is a disaster.
— Steve Bannon 🇺🇲 (@SteveBannonHQ) May 23, 2025
I don't think in the 18th and 19th century they were packed with foreign students when Harvard was at the top of its game.
Today it's a complete disaster. pic.twitter.com/BaGcZBi4v0
A federal judge in Boston, Allison D Burroughs, issued a temporary restraining order against the ban agreeing that Harvard had shown that its implementation would cause "immediate and irreparable injury" to the university. The way forward is not decided, and about 6000 international students are in doubt over their continuation of study at the university as Trump's diktat not only bars Harvard from taking international students in the new session but also asks existing ones to get transferred.
China, Canada, India are the top three home countries of Harvard's international students
According to 2024 data, the largest share of international students comes from China (1390), followed by Canada (751) and India (578). South Korea and the United Kingdom have 264 students each studying at Harvard now. For undergraduate studies, the largest number of international students at Harvard is from Canada.
China condemned the US ban on Harvard's international students and said this move will only damage US' image and international credibility.
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