College officials fear that President Trump may use international enrollment as leverage to demand changes on campuses elsewhere.

Universities across the country have canceled and withdrawn support for affinity graduations due to threats from President Donald Trump if they do not end diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.

Rather than stay silent, Haque has spoken out. Last year, he wrote an essay about his experience and has continued to criticize the university throughout the recent campus turmoil. As Haque sees it, Harvard cannot be reformed from within. It’s an unconscious patient and requires CPR to survive. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

The former Harvard president says Trump’s effort to ban international students would damage not just Harvard but America.

The sophomore told Newsweek that most people in his friendship group face an uncertain future at the Ivy League school.