Washington D.C., May 28, 2025: Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for Harvard University to impose a 15% cap on the admission of foreign students. Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump criticized the Ivy League institution, stating that Harvard has shown disrespect to the United States by admitting a high number of international students without transparency.
Trump emphasized the need for Harvard to provide the administration with detailed information regarding its current foreign student population. "Harvard has got to behave themselves. Harvard is treating our country with great disrespect and all they're doing is getting in deeper and deeper," he told reporters.
This reiteration of restricting foreign student admissions aligns with prior concerns raised by some U.S. policymakers about the influence and proportion of international students in American higher education.
