The former president of the Ghana Association in Ohio, Professor Enoch Opoku Antwi, has stated that Harvard University’s failure to comply with essential reporting requirements has placed Ghanaian students studying there in jeopardy.
His assertion follows Harvard’s noncompliance with crucial U.S. federal requirements concerning campus safety and immigration-related reporting, which jeopardizes the legal protections and safety assurances that international students, including Ghanaians who rely on the J and F visa programs.
Without these reports, U.S. authorities lack the necessary oversight to ensure a safe and supportive academic environment, which makes immigrant students more vulnerable to discrimination, violence, or legal complications.
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Responding to this development, Professor Enoch Opoku Antwi asserted that these lapses have placed Ghanaian and other immigrant students studying at Harvard at significant risk.
Speaking in an interview on TV3 on Thursday, May 22, Professor Opoku Antwi reiterated that the core issue is Harvard’s noncompliance with immigration and safety reporting mandated by U.S. authorities.
This failure, he said, undermines protections under J and F visa programs designed for students to study and safely return home. “Harvard failed to comply with a simple reporting permit,” he stated.
“There are students who are, you know, anti-Jewish and other crime issues that the university has not reported, and because of that, who are the easy targets? It’s immigrants and aliens.” He explained
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He added that the situation is uncertain, but it is focused on the 2025-2026 academic year, and if Harvard acts quickly to comply with reporting rules, students may avoid disruption.
“If Harvard is quick to report on some of these things, some of the students could come back,“ he added.
