JD Vance announces J-1 visa probe into Harvard, Yale, Stanford, MIT and 5 others

Download AppNewsEducation TodayNewsJD Vance announces J-1 visa probe into Harvard, Yale, Stanford, MIT and 5 others The Trump administration will be investigating nine universities over alleged misuse of the J-1 visa programme. Vice President JD Vance said the hiring of foreign researchers may have undercut wages for American graduate students and researchers.J-1 visa fraud probe: US to investigate nine universities, JD Vance alleges wage undercutting (Image: pexels.com)New Delhi,Oct 9, 2026 08:35 ISTThe Trump administration has launched an investigation into nine US universities over alleged misuse of the J-1 visa programme, with Vice President JD Vance accusing the institutions of hiring foreign researchers to undercut wages for American graduate students and researchers.The universities under scrutiny include Harvard University, Yale University, Stanford University, Brown University, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of California, Davis, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Arizona State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).- Ends