Separately, the #Trump admin had sought to use the federal government’s #international #student system as a way to remove foreign nationals from the country. #Immigration ofcls targeted a handful of pro-#Palestinian student activists, but also ended the #legal status of hundreds of #students, creating a general anxiety among #InternationalStudents at #colleges & #universities nationwide. (Most of those students have had their status restored, but several cases are still pending in court.)
At #Harvard, a conflict had been building for weeks, as the #Trump admin’s Joint Task Force to Combat *Antisemitism* criticized the university for anti-Israel bias. On April 11, the task force sent a letter demanding that Harvard comply with a list of demands that ranged from hiring an outside monitor to police the #ideology of #professors & #students to barring #InternationalStudents “hostile to American values.”
#law #immigration #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #AbuseOfPower
Dr. Garber responded on April 15 with #Harvard’s first lawsuit, in which arguments are set for July.
And despite statements from both sides indicating a willingness to compromise, the attacks on Harvard have continued, emanating from a variety of federal agencies, with the #Trump admin freezing nearly $3 billion in contracts & #research #funding.
#law #immigration #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #BrainDrain #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower
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At the same time, a proposal making its way through #Congress that would increase #taxes on #university #endowments could cost #Harvard an estimated $850 million a year.
The wider #academic community was shocked at Thursday’s move by the #Trump Admin. In a statement, Sally Kornbluth, president of the #MIT, called it a “grave moment.”
#InternationalStudents #law #immigration #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #BrainDrain #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower
“I write to you in profound disbelief,” Kornbluth wrote in a community email late Thurs. “The action the federal government took today to bar #Harvard from having #InternationalStudents is devastating for American excellence, openness, & ingenuity.”
Harvard enrolls about 6,800 #international #students, or about 27% of its student body.
#Trump #law #immigration #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #BrainDrain #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower
The #Trump admin edict ultimately affects both existing #InternationalStudents, who would need to find other schools to attend, & newly admitted #Harvard #students headed for the US in the fall.
The admin’s announcement on Thurs upends students’ lives, & would also be a financial blow to Harvard. Many of Harvard’s international students are enrolled in costly graduate programs, tuition paid by those students potentially generates millions for the #university.
[But more importantly it is a fascistic dictatorial attack on #education, #AcademicFreedom & the #FirstAmendment.]
In an interview on Thurs, a #Harvard student from #Ukraine, who asked not to be identified, said she feared losing her #visa not only because it will disrupt her education but because returning home, amid the #war w/ #Russia, is not an option. She is considering going to live w/relatives elsewhere in Europe.
#Trump #InternationalStudents #law #immigration #BrainDrain #AbuseOfPower
I’m guess this is not the *type* of #student #Trump was hoping to kick out.
Belgian princess left in doubt about her #Harvard future following Trump's foreign student ban
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https://apnews.com/article/belgium-princess-trump-harvard-aeb47f0e69d97c91b44f5cc2bfa84e66