Immigration


As Deadline to Address DHS Letter Nears, Experts Say Harvard Should Sue — Again

Harvard has taken the Trump administration to court over federal funding, but the University has given no indication about how it will respond to the Department of Homeland Security’s request for information on international students.


Breyer Suggests Criminal Contempt Charges For Trump Officials at HLS Event

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer said the Trump administration could be held in criminal contempt over Kilmar Abrego’s deportation at a Harvard Law School speaker event on Friday, expressing optimism that Courts would hold the White House accountable.


Harvard International Office Hires 4 New Staff As Student Visas Are Revoked Elsewhere

The Harvard International Office has increased its full-time staff by 20 percent amid the Trump administration’s sudden revocation of student and faculty visas at peer institutions, a University official said at a Tuesday Faculty of Arts and Sciences meeting.


Harvard Professor Questions Trump’s Alien Enemies Act Application at HLS Talk

Harvard Law School professor W. Neil Eggleston — former President Barack Obama’s White House Counsel and a member of President Bill Clinton’s Counsel Office — discussed President Donald Trump’s executive authority to trigger the Alien Enemies Act without following due process at a Tuesday lunch talk.


Harvard AAUP Asks For Injunction To Halt Trump Administration Attempts To Deport Students, Faculty

The Harvard chapter of the American Association of University Professors filed a motion on Tuesday for an injunction to pause the Trump administration’s efforts to deport noncitizen students and faculty for expressing pro-Palestine views while their lawsuit continues.


17 Senators Call for Release of HMS Researcher Kseniia Petrova

A group of 17 U.S. senators demanded the release of Harvard Medical School researcher Kseniia Petrova, who was detained in Boston Logan Airport after a personal trip to France in February, in a Monday letter.


Dean of Students Addresses Immigration Fears in College-wide Email

Harvard College Dean of Students Thomas G. Dunne addressed student concerns over Harvard’s immigration enforcement policies in a Sunday email — the first College-wide email to explicitly address the rising number of immigration enforcement actions.


More Than 80 HLS Professors Denounce Trump Admin Attacks on Law Firms in Letter to Students

Roughly 70 percent of Harvard Law School’s professors accused the federal government of exacting retribution on lawyers and law firms for representing clients opposed by President Donald Trump in a Saturday night letter to the school’s student body.


Protesters Rally in the Square Against Grad Student Arrests at Columbia, Tufts

Roughly thirty non-Harvard affiliates protested in front of the Smith Campus Center on Thursday afternoon against the arrests of Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil and Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk by federal immigration enforcement.


Harvard, Union Hash Out Immigration Policies Amid National ICE Raid Wave

Harvard agreed to provide non-tenure-track employees with paid leave during immigration proceedings, but declined to commit to sponsoring legal permanent residency applications in a contract counter proposal presented on Monday.


As Trump Floats New Travel Restrictions, International Students Look for Guidance from Harvard

One day after President Donald Trump issued an executive order threatening to deport students who broke the law during pro-Palestine protests, leaders of the Woodbridge International Society asked the Harvard International Office for clarity on how the order might impact students at Harvard.


Former Secretary of Homeland Security Slams Sanctuary Cities as ‘Irresponsible’ at IOP

Former Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas condemned sanctuary cities as “irresponsible” in a Wednesday Institute of Politics forum, criticizing Democratic mayors and governors who refuse to cooperate with immigration authorities.


Boston Mayor Michelle Wu ’07 Holds Her Ground in House Oversight Committee Questioning

As congressional Republicans grilled Democratic mayors over their cities’ sanctuary policies in a Wednesday hearing, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu ’07 stuck to her message: Boston is the safest major city in the country, and its sanctuary policies help keep it that way.


As Trump Orders ICE Raids Nationwide, Harvard Stays Quiet

As the Trump administration threatens deportations across the country, Harvard is standing behind its policy to direct federal officers seeking access to non-public spaces to the Harvard University Police Department or the Office of the General Counsel — without elaborating on what happens next.


HGSE Affiliates Are Pessimistic About Education Careers Under Trump Admin

Under threat of funding cuts and the Trump administration’s federal hiring freeze, students and professors at the Harvard Graduate School of Education say their options to pursue humanitarian work and public teaching careers in education have been restricted.


Addressing Fears of ICE Raids, CPS Commits to Prioritizing Student Safety

As Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers are conducting raids for undocumented immigrants across the country, officials on Beacon Hill and at Cambridge Public School are assuring families that they will defend students.


Cambridge State Rep Says State Legislature Will Work to Protect Residents under Trump

The Massachusetts state legislature is preparing to use its power to protect residents while looking to the state Attorney General as the “first line of defense” against executive orders signed by President Donald Trump in his first week of office, state representative Marjorie C. Decker said in an interview Thursday.


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