Trump’s government Harvard banned from receiving foreign students

With Thursday, the Trump government withdrew the right to receive foreign students, and ordered foreign students who are currently attending the University of the ivy League to copy or lose their legal status. According to the Ministry of Homeland Security, Harvard was confiscated as the prestigious university did not want to submit some documents about its students, and blamed it, among other things promoting anti -Semitism.

Minister of Homeland Security Kristi Noem was a government decision on the X network, where it published an official letter to Harvard. The document was informed by the university that they were have taken a certificate for a foreign student and visitors’ receipt program (SEVP), which means that Harvard will not be able to enroll students with the status of F- or J-right for the coming academic year. In addition, foreign students enrolled in Harvard this academic year must be transcribed to another university or will lose the status of an unprecedented person.

Noem wrote that the measure would send a clear message to all universities and academic institutions, that the right of right would be ruled under Trump, and they would eradicate the evil anti -presicanism and anti -Semitism in society and in university campuses. Former Governor of South Dakota has accused Harvard of « promoting violence, anti -Semitism and cooperating with the Chinese Communist Party. »

Harvard’s representative is in a statement for Guardian He described the decision of the Ministry of Homeland Security illegally. He stressed that the university is fully committed to preserving the certificate, which allows international students and scientists from more than 140 countries to study at Harvard. They also promise that members of their community will quickly provide guidelines and support, namely Trump’s retaliation could have serious consequences for the Harvard community as well as the whole country, while undermining the academic and research mission of the university.

Pippa Norrisa lecturer at Harvard, is for Guardian said that Trump’s decision will be cut by American students from international knowledge, reduced the soft power of US And so weakened the country. She noted that this would cause major difficulties in implementing the study process, as about 90 percent of her students come from abroad.

International Student from Sweden Leo Gerdén is in a university newspaper Harvard Crimson described the decision as a devastating and called on the university to use all legal remedies to change the government decision. According to Harvard, nearly 6800 international students attended the university in the last academic year, representing about 27 percent of the total student body.

The Government should not interfere with the decision of private universities

The decision of the Ministry of Homeland Security is the response to the rising tensions between the US government and Harvard on the claim that the university inadequately deals with anti -Semitism in the campus. The government has terminated a further $ 450 million to university subsidies after it is before canceled $ 2.2 billion in federal financing. Before Harvard, the federal agents have already frozen Columbia Universities, Pennsylvania, Brown, Princeton, Cornell and Northwestern.

President Harvard Alan Garber He stated that no government, no matter which party is in power, should determine what private universities can teach, who they can accept and hire and what research activities they can carry out.

Norris said in light of Trump’s decisions about the future of the elite university: « Why would international students apply for study in the US, not just Harvard if we cannot guarantee that they can finish their studies here? » Most appropriate, and because of this, the US will suffer loss.