United States President Donald Trump defended on Sunday the measure of his administration that prevents foreign students enrollment in Harvard after a judge suspended the decision, considered illegal by the prestigious university.
“Why Harvard doesn’t say that almost 31% of their students come from foreign countries, and yet these countries-some unnamed with the United States-pay nothing for their students’ education, nor are they intended to do so?” Asked Trump on his social truth platform.
“We want to know who these foreign students are, a reasonable request as we give Harvard billions of dollars, but Harvard is not really transparent,” he added.
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On Thursday, National Security Secretary Kristi Noem revoked Harvard University authorization to enroll foreigners, threatening the future of thousands of students and the valuable resources they inject into the institution.
Kristi Noem had threatened last month to block international students unless the University delivered records on 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 banned on Friday “Trump Administration to implement … The revocation of Sevis (Student and Exchange Visitors Program).”
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Suspended measure
More than a quarter of Harvard students are foreigners, and the government’s measure was suspended until a preliminary court hearing scheduled for May 29.
President Trump is furious with Harvard – where 162 Nobel awards came from – for rejecting his requirement that the university undergoes supervision in admission and hiring processes.
The White House is taking energetic measures against American universities on various fronts, alleging uncontrolled anti -Semitism and the need to reverse diversity programs aimed at combating the historical oppression of minorities.
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Administration threatened Harvard with a $ 9 billion revision in government financing, froze a first installment of $ 2.2 billion in subsidies and $ 60 million in official contracts, and deported a researcher at the University School of Medicine.
