The US Federal Judge on Friday blocked the decision of President Donald Trump’s administration prohibiting Harvard University to accept foreign students. The school had previously appealed against Thursday’s decision of the White House and claimed to be contrary to the United States Constitution, He writes TASR, according to AP and AFP reports.
The temporary court order prevents the US government to take Harvard with a SEVP certificate (a program for foreign and exchange students in the US), which allows the school to receive these students. “Trump’s administration is prohibited … to abolish the plaintiff’s certification under the SEVP program,” ordered by Judge Allison Burrough.
According to the University, the ban is “the latest act of the government, which is a clear retaliation for Harvard exercising his rights arising from the first amendment to the Constitution to reject the government’s requirements to control Harvard management, curriculum and ‘ideologies’ of his faculty and students.
Trump and his administration justify their pressure on Harvard University and other universities in the country with alleged anti -Semitism and support for the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The accusations coming from the White House are based on controversies and riots during the protests against the war in the Gaza Strip, which took place last year at several universities and their campus.
The Ministry of Education has already decided to suspend Federal Harvard grants of $ 2.2 billion, and Trump is also trying to deprive the school of the status of tax -exempt institutions.
