“There is no purpose to this other than to hurt Harvard and its students for not fully capitulating to Trump” Professor of Denver

Observers are sharply condemning a decision by the Trump administration, announced on Thursday, to terminate Harvard University’s Student Exchange and Visitor Program certification, meaning that the Ivy League school will no longer be able to enroll foreign students.

According to the announcement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the move also means that foreign students already enrolled at Harvard must transfer elsewhere. The administration alleges the school’s leaders have permitted “anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators to harass and physically assault individuals, including many Jewish students.”

Harvard has over 6,700 international students, according to data from the school, or 27% international enrollment.