There are no more foreign students in Harvard. The battle for Donald Trump against the University for the attack on independence and the persecution of freedom of expression of opinions gives another step.
The US President signed an order on Thursday to ban the aspect more than foreign students using Harvard exchange programs.
“The entrance to the United States of any foreigner is suspended and limited as non -immigrant for the purpose of studying at Harvard University,” says Trump, -It in the exchange program sponsored by Harvard University. The validity of the suspension and restrictions expire, unless it is extended, six months after the date of this proclamation. ”
“Reception in the United States for studying at the American University of Elite is a privilege, not right,” said Prosecutor Pam Bondi in the publication of X. “This Ministry of Justice will decisively protect the proclamation of the president, which suspend the entry of new foreign students at Harvard University for reasons of national security.”
This is another step in the confrontation of the White House with the oldest and wealthy university in the country. The federal court in Boston blocked Last week, an attempt by the National Security Department to prevent foreign students in Harvard.
According to the Associated Press, Trump’s order refers to another legal basis. Trump applied a federal law that gives the president the authority to block the entry of foreigners, whose presence will be “harmful to the interests of the United States.” This environment referred to the same standard, announcing a ban on the entrance for citizens from 12 countries and restrictions for seven others. The order against Harvard also mentions other laws, including one that prohibits the penetration of foreigners associated with terrorist organizations.
In a statement published on Wednesday evening and collected by AP, Harvard states that “he will continue to protect his foreign students.”
“This is another illegal and retaliatory step of the government that violates the rights guaranteed by the first amendment,” the university authorities said.
The conflict arises in Harvard’s refusal to comply with a number of requirements of the federal government. The tension has intensified in the last days, after the Department of National Security confirmed that the university refused to provide documents related to the incorrect behavior of foreign students.
“In my opinion, this is an unacceptable risk to the security of our country that the academic institution refuses to provide sufficient information, at the request, at known cases of misconduct and crime committed by foreign students,” Trump says in his order.
They were from the Trump administration raised pressure and searched for new press fronts in Harvard, reducing more than 2.6 billion dollars in subsidies for research and promotion to cancel all federal contracts with the university. The last threat was examined by approximately 7,000 international Harvard students who represent half of the enrollment in some of their graduate students.
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The order applies to all students trying to enter the United States to visit Harvard after the date of the executive order. It establishes an exception that allows students to participate, whose record “benefits national interests”, as defined by federal officials.
Trump’s order claims that Harvard provided only three students in response to the request of the National Security Department, and that there were no enough details in such information to evaluate whether the federal action was needed.
Trump claims that Harvard “does not quite give a report on his disciplinary notes to foreign students or does not seriously control his foreign students. These actions and omissions directly undermine the federal government’s ability to ensure that foreigners are recognized with the visitor’s student visas or the exchange of visitors’ visas. ”
For foreign students who are already in Harvard, Secretary of State Marco Rubio will determine whether Trump wrote to cancel their visas.