The Trump administration told Harvard University that it could not enroll international students, and delivered a major blow to the school after the government frozen billions of dollars from federal financing and increased its fight with elite colleges to unprecedented levels. The US has recalled Harvard’s student and exchange visit program certification, which means that the school can no longer enroll foreign students. Existing international students must transfer or lose their legal status, the Department of Home Security said in a statement on Thursday. “The leadership of Harvard has created an unsafe campus environment by allowing anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators to harass and physically attack individuals, including many Jewish students, and otherwise impeding the once-friendly learning environment,” the statement said. The department also accused Harvard’s leadership of being coordinated with the Chinese Communist Party. Harvard answered by calling the government’s actions illegally. “We are fully committed to Harvard’s ability to offer international students and scholars, which come from more than 140 countries and enrich the university – and this country -” a spokeswoman said in a statement. “We work quickly to provide guidance and support to members of our community.” Kristi mentions in the domestic security, Kristi, in April, demanded that Harvard submit records of any violent or illegal activity by foreign students by April 30, or immediately lose certification under the Federal Government student visa program. At Harvard, nearly 6,800 students – 27% of the entire student body – from other countries, of 19.6% in 2006, come from the data of the University. “This administration holds Harvard accountable for promoting violence, anti -Semitism and coordination with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus,” said Thursday. “It’s a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and take advantage of their higher teaching payments to help their donations with a million dollars.” The blockade on international enrollment students will compile the financial pressure for Harvard. While the Trump administration has reduced research funding and criticized diversity efforts to other schools, no university was hit so hard by his attempt to rework higher education than Harvard. The school has sued several US agencies for the blockage of federal funds after the government demanded that it regain its management, transform admissions and faculty determination, stop allowing international students who are hostile to US values and enforce standpoint diversity. Trump also called on the institution to lose his tax -free status, a step that warned the school in Massachusetts, Massachusetts, “serious consequences for the future of higher education in America.” Harvard, the oldest and richest American college, has emerged as a target for the White House, as the government is following a campaign to fundamentally rework the elite universities of the country. The schools became a lightning stick for criticism after the Pro-Palestinian student protests broke out in the wake of the attack on October 7, 2023 by Hamas on Israel and the Jewish state’s retaliation in Gaza. While the Trump administration said it was trying to eradicate anti-Semitism, the attacks on diversity initiatives and left-leaning prejudices broadened. Harvard President Alan Garber pushed back and said he would not surrender his independence or his constitutional rights. ‘Garber, who is Jewish, has long maintained that Harvard would work with the government to combat anti -Semitism – something he admits is a problem on campus – but that the White House is demanding academic freedom. The New York Times first reported the government’s actions against foreign students. This action continues with the assault of the Trump administration on free speech and autonomy of the university, says Robert Shireman, a former Deputy Secretary of Education in the Obama administration, who is now a senior fellow at the Century Foundation. “International scientists bring huge benefits to America,” Shireman said. “It is a malicious attempt to refrigerate the exchange of ideas, instead of imposing centralized control of scientific and historical study.”
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