The Trump administration is trying to strip Harvard of its ability to register international students – effort It was banned by a federal judge Friday, a few hours after the university filed a lawsuit claiming that Trump violates the first amendment rights.
Thursday, the Ministry of Internal Security (DHS) Harvard’s arrival canceled To the visitor information system for students and exchange (SEVIS), a government database for international students attending universities in the United States. Student visas have not been canceled, but the DHS nullification of the Harvard University certificate can make approximately 6800 international students registered at Harvard University immediately.
“This administration holds Harvard to promote violence, anti -Semitism, and coordinate with the Chinese Communist Party on the campus,” He said Thursday. “It is a privilege, not really, for universities to register foreign students and benefit from their high academic payments [sic] To do the right thing. She refused. “
A month ago, dhs student Harvard delivered information about its international students, including their “known illegal activity”, “a dangerous or violent activity”, “well -known threats for students or university employees”, and “well -known deprivation of the rights of classmates or other university employees.” The administration also requested information about any disciplinary action taken against international students who participated in the protests. DHS Threaten SEVIS Certificate at Harvard University if the university does not receive students’ records by April 30.
Since he took office, Trump has used allegations of anti -Semitism in universities throughout the country to take revenge on students participating in the campus protests against the war on Gaza – and against the universities themselves, which claim the administration has not done enough to put out anti -Semitism on their campus. In addition to Withdrawing billions of dollars from federal financingThe administration was exposed to the enforcement of immigration and customs on many students because of their pro -events activity. Some of these students, like Mahmoud Khalil and Mohsen MahdawiThey are holders of the green cards that ICE accused of engaging in behavior that contradicts the interests of the US foreign policy. Others are international students The visas were canceled by the Ministry of Foreign AffairsThis makes it deported.
Instead of targeting individual students at Harvard University, the Trump administration follows the university’s ability to completely register international students. Unlike Colombia, which is I surrendered in the Trump demand listHarvard In general, compliance With the administration’s requests to receive data on its international students; “Check” its academic programs, as well as the political views of students and faculty members; Change the structure of governance and employment practices.
Harvard prosecution Administration on Friday. In a complaint with the Federal Massachusetts Court, university lawyers called for the cancellation of the SEVIS certificate to “a flagrant violation of the first amendment.”
“This is the latest work by the government in a clear revenge by Harvard that exercises the first amendment rights to reject the government’s demands to control Harvard’s governance, curricula, and” ideology “faculty and students. “With a stroke of the pen, the government has sought to erase a quarter of the Student Student Authority at Harvard University, and international students who contribute greatly to the university and its mission.”
Moreover, the lawsuit claims, canceling the SEVIS position in Harvard puts students in an impossible position. “Ending Sevis Records offers a visa holder whose school is losing her degree with bad two options,” claiming the complaint: immediately moving, or leaving the country.
Federal judge has It was temporarily banned DHS attempt to cancel the Harvard University SEVIS certificate. International students at the university are safe – at the present time.
