New Delhi, May 23 -- US President Donald Trump's administration banned Harvard University from enrolling international students, escalating its standoff with elite colleges to unprecedented levels on Thursday. The US revoked Harvard's Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification.

Appearing on Fox News, Kristi Noem, the Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security, said the administration is considering blocking international enrollment at other universities. "This should be a warning to every other university to get your act together," Noem reportedly said.

The US' Department of Homeland Security took this step because Harvard failed to comply fully with requests to produce records about its foreign students, Homeland Secur...