Dennis Gaviola

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Agence France-Presse

Harvard sued the Trump administration on Friday over its move to block the prestigious university from enrolling and hosting foreign students in a broadening dispute, a court filing showed.On Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revoked Harvard University&#x27;s ability to enroll foreign nationals, throwing the future of thousands of students into doubt.President Donald Trump is furious at Harvard -- which has produced 162 Nobel prize winners -- for rejecting his demand that it submit to oversight on admissions and hiring over his claims that it is a hotbed of anti-Semitism and &quot;woke&quot; liberal ideology.His administration has already threatened to put $9 billion of government funding to Harvard under review, gone on to freeze a first tranche of $2.2 billion of grants and $60 million of official contracts, as well as targeting a Harvard Medical School researcher for deportation.&quot;It is the latest act by the government in clear retaliation for Harvard exercising its First Amendment rights to reject the government&#x27;s demands to control Harvard&#x27;s governance, curriculum, and the &#x27;ideology&#x27; of its faculty and students,&quot; said the lawsuit filed in Massachusetts federal court.The loss of foreign nationals -- more than a quarter of its student body -- could prove costly to Harvard, which charges tens of thousands of dollars a year in tuition.<div>- &#x27;Unlawful and unwarranted&#x27; -</div>Harvard President Alan Garber said in a statement Friday that &quot;we condemn this unlawful and unwarranted action.&quot;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,&quot; he said.&quot;We have just filed a complaint, and a motion for a temporary restraining order will follow.&quot;Noem had said Thursday that &quot;this administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus.&quot;Chinese students make up more than a fifth of Harvard&#x27;s international enrollment, according to university figures, and Beijing said the decision will &quot;only harm the image and international standing of the United States.&quot;&quot;The Chinese side has consistently opposed the politicization of educational cooperation,&quot; foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said.Harvard has already sued the US government over a separate raft of punitive measures.Karl Molden, a student at Harvard from Austria, said he had applied to transfer to Oxford in Britain because he feared such measures.&quot;It&#x27;s scary and it&#x27;s saddening,&quot; the 21-year-old government and classics student told AFP Thursday, calling his admission to Harvard the &quot;greatest privilege&quot; of his life.Leaders of the Harvard chapter of the American Association of University Professors called the decision &quot;the latest in a string of nakedly authoritarian and retaliatory moves against America&#x27;s oldest institution of higher education.&quot;

Donald Trump is furious at Harvard -- which has produced 162 Nobel prize winners -- for rejecting his demand that it submit to oversight on admissions and hiring.

Donald Trump is furious at Harvard -- which has produced 162 Nobel prize winners -- for rejecting his demand that it submit to oversight on admissions and hiring.

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Harvard sues Trump over block on foreign students

Agence France-Presse

Published May 23, 2025 11:12 PM PHT

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