The Trump administration fell on Thursday from the plans to immediately revoke Harvard University permission to enroll foreign students and, instead, gave it 30 days to contest these plans through a longer administrative process.
On Wednesday, the US internal security department sent Harvard a notification of intent to remove the institution’s certification in a federal foreign student enrollment program.
The Justice Department filed a court notification before a hearing with district judge Allison Burroughs in Boston, on the extension of a temporary order that prevents President Donald Trump’s government from revoking the university’s law from receiving international students.
Citing Harvard’s potential and his students are harmed if the administration returned to previous plans, Burroughs said at that audience that he planned to issue a large injunction preserving the status quo while the newly united administrative process unfolds.
Harvard argued that revocation violated his rights of freedom of expression and due process of law under the US constitution. In addition, Harvard claimed that the revocation was not in accordance with the internal security department regulations. The standards required the provision of at least 30 days to contest the agency’s allegations and give Harvard the opportunity to file an administrative appeal.
Harvard said losing this right would affect about a quarter of his student body and devastate the institution. She denied the Trump government accusations of supposed bias against conservatives, promoting anti -Semitism in campus and coordination with the Chinese Communist Party.
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The internal security department said it sent the notification to Harvard after university authorities indicated their intention to meet the requirements of the Federal Student and Exchange Visitors program, which allows Harvard to enroll students from outside the US.
“We continue to reject Harvard’s repeated pattern of endangering his students and spreading US hatred-it should change its behavior to qualify to receive generous benefits from the US people,” Kristi Noem, said in a statement.
Harvard did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
