{"id":136852,"date":"2025-05-23T15:01:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/harvard-complains-about-the-trump-administrations-foreign-student-ban\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T15:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:01:12","slug":"harvard-complains-about-the-trump-administrations-foreign-student-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/harvard-complains-about-the-trump-administrations-foreign-student-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard complains about the Trump administration&#8217;s foreign student ban."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n        <picture class=\"article__media\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/22\/0\/0\/5498\/3665\/556\/0\/75\/0\/ea7d159_ftp-import-images-1-0qdsn2j5fxbs-5982197-01-06.jpg 556w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/22\/0\/0\/5498\/3665\/600\/0\/75\/0\/ea7d159_ftp-import-images-1-0qdsn2j5fxbs-5982197-01-06.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/22\/0\/0\/5498\/3665\/664\/0\/75\/0\/ea7d159_ftp-import-images-1-0qdsn2j5fxbs-5982197-01-06.jpg 664w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/22\/0\/0\/5498\/3665\/700\/0\/75\/0\/ea7d159_ftp-import-images-1-0qdsn2j5fxbs-5982197-01-06.jpg 700w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/22\/0\/0\/5498\/3665\/800\/0\/75\/0\/ea7d159_ftp-import-images-1-0qdsn2j5fxbs-5982197-01-06.jpg 800w\" \nsizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" alt=\"Sur le campus de Harvard, \u00e0 Cambridge (Massachussets), le 15 avril 2025.\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\"><br \/>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/22\/0\/0\/5498\/3665\/664\/0\/75\/0\/ea7d159_ftp-import-images-1-0qdsn2j5fxbs-5982197-01-06.jpg\" alt=\"On the Harvard campus, in Cambridge (Massachussets), April 15, 2025.\"\n                sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\" \/><br \/>\n            <\/source>\n        <\/picture>\n        <noscript><\/p>\n<p>        <\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">On the Harvard campus, in Cambridge (Massachussets), April 15, 2025.<br \/>\n            <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Joseph Prezioso \/ AFP<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">The American University of <strong>Harvard<\/strong> filed a complaint on Friday, May 23, against the administration of <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>, after the latter prohibited it from welcoming foreign students. <em>&#8220;This is the last act of reprisals led by the government against Harvard and its right to the first amendment<\/em> [which protects freedom of speech] <em>to reject the government&#8217;s requests, which seeks to take control of Harvard&#8217;s management, its programs, and the &#8216;ideology&#8217; of the university and students,\u201d<\/em> can we read in the complaint filed with the <strong>Federal Court of Massachusetts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">The Trump administration had banned, on Thursday, at the prestigious private university, established near <strong>Boston<\/strong>, to welcome foreign students, depriving the institution of a significant means of influence\u2014a new escalation in the US government&#8217;s offensive against higher education. According to its website, the <strong>Northeast University<\/strong> of the United States, ranked among the best in the world and which has produced 162 <strong>Nobel Prize<\/strong> winners, welcomes some 6,700 <em>&#8220;International students&#8221;<\/em> or 27% of the total of its students this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\"><em>&#8220;The certification of the <strong>SEVIS<\/strong> (Student and Exchange Visitor) program is revoked with immediate effect,\u201d<\/em> wrote the Secretary of <strong>Homeland Security<\/strong>, <strong>Kristi Noem<\/strong>, in a letter addressed to the institution. The Trump administration criticizes Harvard for promoting <em>&#8220;Violence, anti-Semitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus.&#8221;<\/em> The Chinese Communist Party exercises tight control over many aspects of Chinese society, including higher education, and many Chinese students train abroad. More than 1,300 Chinese students are currently enrolled at Harvard, according to official figures.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\">\n            <span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also |<\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"catcher__desc\"><br \/>\n                <span class=\"icon__premium\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n                Harvard: the university stunned after the ultimatum of the Trump administration on foreign students<br \/>\n            <\/span>\n        <\/div>\n<p>\n            <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Read later\" aria-describedby=\"article-title-3423829\" data-article-id=\"3423829\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/international\/article\/2025\/05\/23\/a-harvard-le-coup-de-massue-et-l-ultimatum-de-l-administration-trump_6607842_3210.html\" data-status=\"\"><br \/>\n                <span class=\"icon__favorites\" \/><br \/>\n                <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<h2 class=\"article__sub-title\">&#8220;Illegal and unjustified measures&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">According to Kristi Noem, this decision means that Harvard cannot receive students with <strong>F or J visas<\/strong> for the 2025-2026 school year, representing an immense potential loss for the campus, both financially and in terms of international influence. Foreign students already registered must <em>&#8220;Transfer&#8221;<\/em> to another university, risking losing their visa for the United States. The minister accompanied her shocking decision with an ultimatum: if Harvard wants to regain this <em>&#8220;privilege,\u201d<\/em> it must provide within seventy hours a series of information regarding hypothetical activities <em>&#8220;Illegal\u201d<\/em> of its foreign students in the past five years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\"><em>&#8220;We condemn these illegal and unjustified measures,\u201d<\/em> stated the president of Harvard, <strong>Alan Garber<\/strong>, emphasizing that this decision <em>&#8220;jeopardizes the future of thousands of students\u201d<\/em> and serves as a <em>&#8220;warning\u201d<\/em> to those who chose the United States to study and <em>&#8220;pursue their dreams.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\">\n            <span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read La Tribune |<\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"catcher__desc\"><br \/>\n                <span class=\"icon__premium\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n                &#8220;In Harvard, government interference between Orwellian requirement and authoritarian impulse.&#8221;<br \/>\n            <\/span>\n        <\/div>\n<p>\n            <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Read later\" aria-describedby=\"article-title-3418971\" data-article-id=\"3418971\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/idees\/article\/2025\/04\/17\/steven-pinker-et-tarek-masoud-a-harvard-une-ingerence-gouvernementale-entre-exigence-orwellienne-et-impulsion-autoritaire_6596958_3232.html\" data-status=\"\"><br \/>\n                <span class=\"icon__favorites\" \/><br \/>\n                <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">The Trump administration launched a vast offensive against higher education in the United States, accusing the most prestigious private universities, notably Harvard and Columbia, of fostering anti-Semitism and not sufficiently protecting Jewish students during protests against the Gaza conflict, which intensified following attacks by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on October 7, 2023. Trump had previously cut $2.7 billion in federal funding to Harvard, in response to its refusal to comply with various requirements outlined by the president while attacking the government.<\/p>\n<section class=\"author\">\n<p class=\"author__detail\">\n            <span class=\"author__name\">The world with AFP<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article__reactions\">\n        Reuse this content<br \/>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>This article provides a detailed overview of the ongoing tensions between Harvard and the Trump administration concerning foreign student admissions. The writing is structured, informative, and emphasizes key terms for SEO purposes, all while maintaining clarity and coherence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" rel=\"dofollow\">Breaking News General &#8211; 1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the Harvard campus, in Cambridge (Massachussets), April 15, 2025. 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