Harvard sued because of the ban on enrolling foreign students

Washington (AP) – Harvard University questions the decision of the Trump government to prevent the Ivy League School from Enter foreign studentscall it unconstitutional retaliation measures to oppose the political demands of the White House.

In a lawsuit submitted in Boston on Friday before the Federal Court in Boston, Harvard said that the government's lawsuit violates the first change and that an “immediate and devastating effect for Harvard and more than 7,000 Visa holders” will have.

“With the stroke of a abbey, the government tried to extinguish a quarter of Harvard's student body, international students who contribute significantly to the university and their mission,” said Harvard in her complaint. “Without his international students, Harvard is not Harvard.”

The school applied for a temporary injunction to prevent the Department of Homeland Security from making the move.

The move caused the campus days before the end. Harvard said in a suit. International students Whoever runs laboratories, teaches courses, supported professors and participates in it Harvard Sport If you now decide whether you transfer or risk, transfer legal status or lose after submitting, to stay in the country.

The influence at graduate schools such as the Harvard Kennedy School, where almost half of the student body comes from abroad, and the Harvard Business School, which is approximately a third international.

Together with the effects on the current pupils, the move blocks thousands of students to get the project for summer and autumn courses.

Harvard said that the school would be disadvantaged immediately because they compete around the world's best students. Even if the ability to accommodate students, “future applicants are not afraid to apply for fear of further repressors of the government,” said the lawsuit.

If the government campaign, Harvard said, the university could not be able for at least the next two academic years. Schools that have this withdrawn from the Federal Government can apply again again until a year later, said Harvard.

Harvard incorporated almost 6,800 foreign students on the campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Most are doctoral students and come from more than 100 countries.

The department announced the campaign on Thursday and accused Harvard To create an uncertain campus environment by “attacking anti -American, proterrorist agitators” Jewish students on campus. Harvard also accused of coordinating the Chinese party's Communist Party and claimed that the school had already organized and trained members of a Chinese paramilitary group in 2024.

Harvard President Alan Garber said at the beginning of this month that the university had done Changes to his government In the past one and a half years, including a broad strategy to combat anti -Semitism, Harvard would not move to his “core, legally protected principles” for fear of retribution. Harvard said that at a later date, it will react to allegations that Republicans will be raised for the first time by the Republicans from the Republicans of the Chinese Communist Party.

The threat to Harvard's international enrollment results from an application on April 16 by Kristi NoEM, who provides information about foreign students from Harvard who could connect them to violence or protests that could lead to their deportation.

Harvard said that “thousands of data points” delivered to the demand from NoEM on April 16. Her letter on Thursday said Harvard did not meet her request, but the school said she had not made any further explanation.

“It makes generalized statements about campus environments and” anti -Americanism “again, without a rational connection between these statements and the decision to take revenge against international students,” the lawsuit said.

According to Harvard's lawsuit, the government violated the government's own regulations in order to withdraw the certification of a school.

The government can and remove universities from the student Exchange and Visitor Program, which means that they are not entitled to organize foreign students on their campus. However, this is usually for administrative reasons outlinedHow the failure to maintain accreditation without lacking adequate facilities for classes or dealing with qualified professional personnel.

Noem said Harvard could regain his ability to align foreign students if it creates a wealth of classification about foreign students within 72 hours. Your updated request requires all records, including audio or video material, from foreign students who take part in protests or dangerous activities on campus.

The lawsuit is separated from the former university, which is questioned by the Republican administration of more than 2 billion US dollars in federal cuts.

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