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DARE: Incoming Harvard Freshman Deported After Visa Revoked

News DigestAugust 27, 2019

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Incoming Harvard Freshman Denied Visa Based on Friends’ Social Media Posts

Press ReleaseAugust 27, 2019

“This is a move so perverse, so grotesque as to defy explanation. Preventing a 17-year-old with a scholarship to attend Harvard from entering the U.S. because his friends critiqued the… More

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