US State Department orders embassies to conduct full social media screenings of all nonimmigrant visa applicants traveling to Ivy League institution - Anadolu Ajansı

Secretary of State Marco Rubio ramped up pressure on Harvard University on Friday with an order to focus even more scrutiny on the social-media profiles of any foreigner who seeks a visa to visit the school.

On its Cambridge campus and in a Boston courtroom, Harvard touted its international students as vital contributors to its makeup.

After four months of silence on the airwaves, University President Alan M. Garber ’76 has emerged to make a forceful case for Harvard.

Since regaining the White House, President Trump has been fixated on making an example of those who push back against him.

A judge has temporarily blocked President Trump’s ban on Harvard admitting foreign students. President Trump said Harvard has not done enough to combat antisemitism on campus and that billions of dollars in federal grants should go to trade schools instead.

Despite federal funding cuts and pressure from the Trump administration, Harvard University secured a temporary legal victory.