The US judiciary temporarily stopped Trump’s « Harvard » decision – Cyprus Newspaper

US President Donald Trump’s Harvard University and the judiciary entered the land. Boston Regional Judge Allison Burroughs temporarily stopped the Trump administration’s decision to prevent Harvard University’s right to register international students. The decision was taken as a result of the lawsuit filed by the university.

The temporary restriction order given by the judge suspended the decision of the Ministry of internal security yesterday and canceled Harvard’s student and change visitor program (Sevp) database.

« Illegal and unfair »

Harvard Rector Alan Garber in his written statement, the decision taken by the university’s freedom of expression and academic independence explicitly stressed. Garber, « We condemn this illegal and unjust action. This cancellation, the federal government’s curriculum, teaching staff and student community is part of the effort to establish illegal control, » he said.

In the petition submitted to the court by Harvard University, the decision of the Trump administration threatened the future of more than 6 thousand 800 international students and these students made significant contributions to the university said.

Hard response from the White House

Abigail Jackson, Deputy Secretary of the White House, made a statement about the decision, accused the university of not preventing anti -Semitic and pro -terrorist statements on their campuses. « Harvard had taken this problem seriously from the beginning, today he would not have to deal with this case, » Jackson said. Jackson also said that the university should make an effort to create a safe educational environment instead of opening lawsuits.

Students are nervous

International students studying at Harvard expressed a concern that the tension between the university and the White House could force themselves to return to their countries. The university administration, on the other hand, gave a message of support to its students and announced that they follow the process closely.

Federal funds are frozen, tax exemption threat

The Trump administration argues that not only Harvard but also similar elite universities, and that these institutions do not sufficiently control pro -Palestinian actions and discriminate against conservative views. In this context, the federal funds of $ 2.2 billion allocated to Harvard in April were frozen and the university’s tax exemption status could be removed. The university had previously applied to the court after these decisions by the administration.

The dispute climbs

Located just outside Boston, Harvard, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is known as one of the most established educational institutions in the USA. Although Harvard dismissed some executives in the Middle East Studies Center, which was criticized for not representing Israel’s perspective, he does not step back from the legal struggle between the Trump administration. The university appointed well -known republican lawyers such as Trump’s former advisors and special advisor Robert Hur, one of Trump’s former advisors and Biden’s secret documents to strengthen his defense in the case.