The latest criticism from the Trump administration of Harvard University highlighted the number of international students entering the United States each year for higher education.

Harvard University's links to China, long an asset to the school, have become a liability as the Trump administration levels accusations that its campus is plagued by Beijing-backed influence operations.

"It would be devastating," a former president of Harvard — and frequent critic of the university — said of the government's attempt to prevent Harvard from enrolling foreign students.

The administration has frozen funding and targeted international students as it presses the university for a stronger response to alleged antisemitism.

For students around the world, an acceptance letter to Harvard University has represented the pinnacle of achievement.

Harvard's international students, including many from India, are in limbo after Trump revoked the university's ability to enroll them.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's attempt to bar foreign students from attending Harvard University. But even as they are allowed to remain at the school for now, many of them are still anxious about what's next as this legal battle continues.

For students around the world, an acceptance letter to Harvard University has represented the pinnacle of achievement.