TRUMP’S “UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTIONS”
On Monday, Trump vowed he would prevail in the increasingly public struggle.
In a social media post, he claimed that foreign students at Harvard included “radicalised lunatics, troublemakers”.
Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revoked Harvard’s ability to enroll foreign nationals, throwing the future of thousands of students and the lucrative income stream they provide into doubt.
She had threatened last month to block international students at the school unless it turned over records on visa holders’ “illegal and violent activities”.
But a judge quickly suspended the move after the university sued to “stop the government’s arbitrary, capricious, unlawful, and unconstitutional action”.
There will be an injunction hearing on Thursday, a court filing showed.
Harvard President Alan Garber said in a statement that the attempted foreign students ban “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”.
In addition to undermining the independence of storied US universities – which attract top students from around the world and produce much of the country’s lucrative scientific research – Trump has sought to dismantle the government’s traditional soft power tools, including humanitarian aid and the Voice of America radio network.
