Harvard sued the Trump administration after it barred international students from attending, calling the move unlawful and harmful to thousands of students.
United States: Harvard University sued the Trump administration on Friday, only a day after the Department of Homeland Security announced that international students would be barred from Harvard.
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The actions from both the administration and Harvard marked a major step up in the fighting between them.
It gets even better🔥
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Trump admin now threatening to revoke Harvard’s ability to enroll foreign students, which make up 20%+ of their student body, unless they turn over disciplinary records
Harvard is trying to protect Hamas supporters
Trump is trying to deport them
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The quick actions of the university best illustrated that letting international students stay was necessary to prevent Harvard, which hosts some of the world’s great thinkers, from falling apart, the New York Times reported.
What does the letter state?
In a letter to Harvard community statement, delivered on Friday morning, In a letter to the Harvard community delivered Friday morning, Dr. Alan M. Garber, Harvard’s president, stated, “We condemn this unlawful and unwarranted action,” adding that it “imperils the futures of thousands of students and scholars across Harvard and serves as a warning to countless others at colleges and universities throughout the country who have come to America to pursue their education and fulfill their dreams.”
After the Trump administration announced it was pulling Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification, a lawsuit was filed on Thursday, claiming the administration was unfairly punishing the university.
