April 16, 2025
US DEP
HOMELAND
TMENT OF
SECURITY
Secretary
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
Homeland
Security
Maureen Martin
School Code: BOS214F00162000
Harvard University
c/o Harvard International Office
1350 Massachusetts Ave., Rm. 864
Cambridge, MA 02138
Maureen [email protected]
Student and Exchange Visitor Program
Student Records Request
It is a privilege to have foreign students attend Harvard University, not a guarantee. The United States
Government understands that Harvard University relies heavily on foreign student funding from over
10,000 foreign students to build and maintain their substantial endowment. At the same time, your
institution has created a hostile learning environment for Jewish students due to Harvard’s failure to
condemn antisemitism. As a reminder, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14188,
which specifies that “[i]t shall be the policy of the United States to combat anti-Semitism vigorously,
using all available and appropriate legal tools, to prosecute, remove, or otherwise hold to account the
perpetrators of unlawful anti-Semitic harassment and violence.” EO 14188 (Jan 29, 2025).
The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) regularly monitors SEVP-approved schools to
determine their compliance with governing regulations, and to ensure the accuracy of information in
the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) for such institutions, and for the
nonimmigrant students and exchange visitors attending school. Your continued SEVP certification is
contingent upon meeting the requirements of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), set
out in Title 8 Code of Federal Regulations (8 CFR). SEVP may request information regarding
nonimmigrant students from certified schools under 8 CFR § 214.3(g) (1). Your school must submit
the following information to our office on or before April 30, 2025:
1. Provide relevant information regarding each student visa holder’s known illegal activity,
and whether the activity occurred on campus.
2. Provide relevant information regarding each student visa holder’s known dangerous or
violent activity, and whether the activity occurred on campus.
3. Provide relevant information regarding each student visa holder’s known threats to other
students or university personnel, and whether the activity occurred on campus.
4. Provide relevant information regarding each student visa holder’s known deprivation of
rights of other classmates or university personnel, and whether the activity occurred on
campus.
