Trump administration threatens Harvard with foreign student ban

The US government threatened Harvard University to ban registration of foreign students, saying that the agency would not bow to President Donald Trump’s demands.

The White House required the oldest university in the United States to change employment, admission and educational practices to fight anti -Semitism on campus.

Kristi NOEM, Minister of Homeland Security, has requested a record of “illegal and violent” activities of foreign student visas.

Harvard previously took a lot of measures to deal with anti -Semitism, and the demand was an effort to regulate the “intellectual conditions” of the university.

Alan Garber, Chairman of Harvard, delivered a message to the Harvard community on Monday.

According to NOEM’s new request, the institution would lose “privilege of registration of foreign students” unless it complying with record demand.

Harvard said he knew the new request of NOEM, which was made by a letter reported by Reuters.

International students construct more than 27% of Harvard registration this year. Even before the NOEM’s statement, billions of dollars have been balanced by the university after a freezing of $ 2.2 billion (1.7 billion pounds).

Trump also threatened to remove Harvard’s precious tax exemptions, and the loss costs Harvard every year. According to US media reports, he began to establish an inland profit service (IRS).

Trump wrote on his truth social platform on Wednesday, saying, “Harvard is no longer considered a decent learning place and should not be considered in the world’s great universities or university lists.”

“Harvard is a joke, teaches hatred and foolish and should no longer receive federal funds.”

The administration’s attack on Harvard was not isolated. The government’s anti -Semitism task force has been able to review more than 60 universities.

In his presidential campaign, Trump was able to crack down on the university and painted it as hostile to conservatives. He and Vice President JD Vance have long been railing for higher education institutions.

According to last year’s polls, trust in higher education has been reduced by the belief that universities promote political agenda over time, especially among the Republican Americans.

Since his inauguration, Trump has focused on universities with Palestinian demonstrations. Some Jewish students said they faced harassment on campuses.

In March, the University of Columbia agreed to the demands of several governments after $ 400 million in the federal funds for $ 400 million in criticism that anti -Semitism did not fight anti -Semitism.

This included replacing public officials leading the Middle East, South Asia and African research departments and swearing to “review to guarantee the admission process without prejudice.”

Harvard also made concessions by dissolving leaders of the Middle East Research Center, which did not represent Israel’s perspective.

But it led the line from the recent list of the White House.