The US president, Donald Trumpdefended on Sunday the measure of his administration of prevent the registration of foreign students in Harvard, After a judge suspended this decision qualified by the prestigious university as illegal.
“Why does Harvard not say that almost 31% of their students come from foreign countries, and yet those countries, some for nothing friendly to the United States, do not pay anything for the education of their students, nor do they intend to do so?” Trump asked on their social truth platform.
“We want to know who those foreign students area reasonable request since we give Harvard billions of dollars, but Harvard is not really transparent, “he added.
On Thursday, the Secretary of National Security, Kristi callshe revoked the power of Harvard University to enroll foreigners, threatening the future of thousands of students and the valuable resources that inject the institution.
Kristi Noem had threatened last month with blocking international students unless the university delivered records about the “illegal and violent activities” of visa holders.
But Harvard filed a lawsuit against this measure and Judge Allison Burroughs, of the Federal Court of Massachusetts, prohibited the Trump Administration on Friday to implement (…) the revocation of the Sevis certification (Program of Students and Exchange Visitors). “
The government measure was suspended until a preliminary judicial hearing on May 29.
More than a quarter of Harvard students are foreigners
President Trump is furious with Harvardwhere 162 Nobel Awards have come out, for rejecting their requirement that it undergoes supervision in admissions and hiring.
The White House is taking energetic measures against US universities on several fronts, adducing an uncontrolled anti -Semitism and a need to reverse diversity programs aimed at addressing the historical oppression of minorities.
The Administration threatened Harvard to review 9,000 million dollars of government financing, froze a first game of 2.2 billion dollars in subsidies and 60 million dollars in official contracts, and deported a researcher at the Faculty of Medicine of that university.
