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Trump Admin Bars Harvard from the Enrollment International Students: NPR

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The Trump administration has revoked Harvard University's ability to register international students. accordingly The US Ministry of Homeland Security.

The details were Sent a letter to the schoolAnd the changes currently have an impact.

“This administration is responsible for the promotion of violence, anti -Semitism and coordination with the Communist Party of the Chinese party on their campus,” Kristi Noem, the secretary of home protection, wrote in an explanation. “It is a privilege to not register foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition fees in order to promote their foundations of several billion dollars.”

In a statement, Harvard said the campaign was “illegal”.

“This retaliation measure threatens the severe damage to the Harvard community and our country and undermines Harvard's academic and research mission,” the explanation said. “We are fully obliged to preserve Harvard's ability to align international students and scientists who come from more than 140 countries and immeasurably enrich the university.”

Harvard has almost 7,000 international students, make up about 27% of their entire student body. More than 1.1 million internationally Students who enrolled at US universities and universities in the school year 2023-24. They do not qualify for the financial support of the federal government and are a decisive financial lifeline for many universities.

Last academic year, international students contributed more than 43 billion US dollars to the US economy. accordingly Nafsa: Association of international educators.

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