Former Us President Donald Trump on Chiursday Issued a Visa Ban Against New Foreign Students Who Aspire To Join Harvard University, Heightening His Administration’s Long-STANGING BATANG BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING BATHING League University.
The Action, Announced Wednsday, is the latest salvo in Trump’s Campaign to STIFLE Higher Education Institutions He Has Long Targeted for Criticism. “I have determined that it is Necessary to Restrict the entry of foreign nationals who seek to enter the united states soly or principally to participate to participate in a coures of Study at Harvard UNIVRED UNIVERD UNIVERTY in ANIVRED UNIVERTE Visitor Program Hosted by Harvard University, “Trump said in a formal statement.
Legal and Diplomatic Tensions Rise
The new Executive Order Invoched a Legal Power Other Than One Once Invokes – Blocked by a Federal Court -to Prohibit International Student Admissions to Harvard. Just last week, a boston federal court rejected the department of homeland security (DHS) Move to Prohibit International Students from joining the university.
But trump’s latest move bypasses that ruling, inviting renewed legal scrutiny and diplomatic concen.
In the past month, the US department of state had also instruined across consultations across the globe to make all visa applicants who plan to Attend Harvard Undergo Additial Screening Prot.
Background: Dispute over federal oversight
Tensions Rose Between Harvard and the Trump Administration Following Claims That The University Had Refused to Cooperate with a number of federal requests, incidence handing Over documents Puroported Miscuming. Foreign students. DHS Officials Alleged that Harvard’s Refusal was “Obstruction of National Interest,” Although the University has denied any WRongdoing.
The move is part of larger attempts by trump and republican legislators to hold top academic institutions accountable. Critics Conten that the Actions are politically Driven and Pose a Risk to Academic Freedom.
Funding and tax threats
The Visa Restriction Followed Previous Punitive Actions. In April, The Trump Administration Cut $ 450 Million in Federal Grants to Harvard after freezing more than $ 2.2 billion in Funding. Republican lawmakers introduced legislation at the same time to increase taxation of University Endures, which would Disproportionately Affect Harvard and Other Elite Schools.
Trump has also thought to strip harvard of its tax-except status, alleging that the university has failed to guard jewish students Following the October 7, 2023, HAMAS Attack on Israel. He has accuced the university of creating a hosile environment for jewish students – Somenting the University Emphatically Denies.
Harvard reacts with legal action
In turns to the growing measures, harvard has amplified its lawsuit against the trump government, contending that the freeze of federal fanding and latest visa curbs amount to “Uncontritational Overreach” and ImmediaTe Threat to the Independence of the University.
Legal analysts anticipated that the case will make it to higher courts, even making it to the US Supreme Court, as Important Constitutional and Academic freedom is at stake.
Neither Harvard University Nor the Trump Campaign has made any further statement on the visa ban to date.
