United States President Donald Trump has banned the issuance of visas to foreign students who should begin his studies at Harvard University at an intensification of his administration’s pressure on higher education centers. The decision, announced in a proclamation on Wednesday night (4), follows the threat of.
“I decided that it is necessary to restrict the entry of foreigners seeking to enter the United States to participate as students at a Harvard University course or an academic exchange program,” Trump said.
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In the text, he repeats recurring accusations in his speech against the university, such as that campus crime rates have increased “dramaticly” in recent years, and states that “foreign opponents and competitors take easy access to American higher education to steal technical information and products, explore expensive research to promote their own ambitions and spread false information for political or others reasons”,, ”
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Trump still advances at the point that, perhaps more than accusations of leniency with acts of anti -Semitism, is what bothers him most: Harvard’s refusal to provide detailed information about foreign students, which correspond to almost 30% of the student body.
“Despite the risks described above, Harvard University has refused recent requests from DHS (Department of Internal Security) to obtain information about” known illegal activities, “” dangerous activities known, “” threats known to other university students or employees “,” known deprivation of other colleagues or university staff “and whether these activities occurred in campus and other related data,” the president says before the proclamation, before proclamation, before proclamation. confirm the suspension of visa issuance.
The State Department should also analyze whether foreign students enrolled at the university may have their visas revoked, but there is a breach in proclamation: according to her, the determination may not be applied “to any foreigner whose entry is of national interest, as determined by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Internal Security or their respective designated”.
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The decision is expected to be questioned in the courts. In a statement, the university said it will “continue to protect its international students.”
“This is another illegal measure of retaliation taken by the government, violating the rights of Harvard University’s first amendment,” said a spokesman for the institution.
Unlike institutions such as Columbia University, the university did not agree with the pressure exerted by the White House to accept changes in its internal rules, especially related to anti -Semitism, and to provide data on enrolled students.
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In response, Trump announced, potentially affecting research and ongoing projects, and, in his (so far) (so far) gesture, – the measure prevented the enrollment of students from other countries, but.
