The Harvard University sued Trump's administration on Friday for the decision of the US President Donald Trump to cancel the ability of the Ivy League school to save foreign students.
In the complaint submitted in the Federal Court in Boston, Harvard called the appeal “a gross violation” of the first amendment of the US constitution and other federal provisions.
It was also found that the appeal had an “immediate and destructive influence” on the university and over 7,000 visa holders at Elite Ivy League University at Cambridge, Mass.
“After hitting the pen, the government tried to remove a quarter of the Harvard student body, foreign students who significantly contribute to the university and his mission,” said Harvard.
“This is the latest government act in terms of clear retaliation for Harvard, which exercise their rights to the first amendment to reject government demands in order to control Harvard management, curriculum and” ideology “of his lecturers and students,” added the university.
Transfer on Thursday was a response to Harvard's refusal to provide information about foreign visa owners and can be reversed if the university prevents, said Trump's administration.
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In recent weeks, Trump has already froze several billion dollars in federal subsidies on Harvard, running a university to sue to restore funds. The administration accused the school of insufficient doing enough to reduce anti-Semitism after pro-Palestinian protests that have appeared in the last two years.
In the editorial article published early Friday and entitled “International students of Harvard are people-not pawns” school newspaper school newspaper wrote: “We must wonder: how to send Jewish students from abroad-in this Israelis-do anti-Semitism?
Many world leaders and their children attended the Ivy League school, including Canada.
The Royal Palace in Belgium said on Friday that he would follow the development, As Princess Elisabeth He has just reached a point of the two -year Master's studies program in the field of Harvard's public policy.
The school in Hong Kong is trying to use
The latest order of Trump's administration was also accused by the Coordination University with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The university says that Chinese citizens constituted one -fifth of the consumption of Harvard foreign students in 2024, and some students are in a hurry to look for legal advice after Thursday's Bomb from the White House.
“I think that the Chinese community definitely seems to be a more targeted subject compared to other groups,” said Reuters Zhang, a 24-year-old studying a doctorate in physics.
“Some friends gave me advice that I should not stay in my current accommodation if everything is escalating, because they think that it is possible that an immigration and accurate agent can take you from your apartment,” said Zhang, who did not give his name for security.
Action in the US “will only damage the image and international credibility of the United States,” said on Friday a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while swearing to “strongly secure legitimate rights and interests” of his students abroad.
The number of Chinese foreign students in the United States dropped to around 277,000 in 2024 from the highest level of about 370,000 in 2019, an acto partly tight tension between the two largest economies in the world on trade, Covid-19 pandemic and other problems.
During the first administration of Trump, the Department of Justice went to a bat for Asian students, arguing that they were discriminated against as a result of the policy of receiving Harvard. Supreme Court he agreed to a large extent.
The Chinese state sender CCTV asked if the US would remain the highest place for foreign students, and found that foreign students may consider other options “when the uncertainty of politics becomes the norm.”
On Friday, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology tried to use, saying that he would provide “unconditional offers, improved acceptance procedures and academic support to facilitate a trouble -free passage” for affected students.
Harvard students are looking for advice
On Harvard the most restless among Chinese students on Harvard are people with summer work, because research assistants associated with visa status, crucial for future doctoral applications, said Zhang Kaiqi. A master's student in the field of public health was prepared for flying to China, but he changed their minds, and the students were recommended that they not leave the country and wait for official ads from school, according to the information, the students were divided in WhatsApp groups.
As the tension increases in recent years between China and the United States, Chinese families are increasingly sending their children to study at universities in other English -speaking countries, such as Australia and Singapore.
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Pippa Ebel, an independent education consultant in the southern city of Guangzhou, said that although the order did not completely close the door to us to higher education, “it will probably be a final poke towards other places.”
“It will not be a complete turn, but hardening existing fears of Chinese parents,” said Ebel, who is the author of the report on Chinese students of British Education Think-Tank Hepi.