The vetting will go beyond student applicants and includes faculty, employees, contractors, guest speakers and tourists, according to the cable seen by NBC News.

Here's what some Israeli students at Harvard say about the Trump administration removing foreign students in the name of antisemitism.

Investor Kevin O’Leary seemingly bashed the Trump administration’s recent crackdown on Harvard’s international student population, calling the actions “stupid” during a Friday Fox News interview. “Harvard’s taken a lot of heat for other stuff,

Harvard University chose Chinese student Yurong “Luanna” Jiang to speak at its spring commencement on Thursday as the Trump administration “aggressively” revokes Chinese student visas. On the same day,

Harvard University held its commencement ceremony today as a federal district judge said she will issue a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from making changes to Harvard’s student visa program indefinitely.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed the “last thing” he wants to do is hurt Harvard, while his administration is still relentlessly hammering the elite university and as he mounted a new demand for the school to cap its admission of international students.

If the Trump administration succeeds in barring international students from enrolling at Harvard, it will benefit U.S. competitors such as China, experts say.