Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students

By COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press WASHINGTON AP The Trump administration revoked Harvard University s ability to enroll international students in its escalating battle with the Ivy League school saying thousands of current students must transfer to other schools or leave the country The Department of Homeland Precaution stated the action Thursday saying Harvard has created an unsafe campus circumstances by allowing anti-American pro-terrorist agitators to assault Jewish students on campus It also accused Harvard of coordinating with the Chinese communist party saying it hosted and trained members of a Chinese paramilitary group as of late as This means Harvard can no longer enroll foreign students and existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status the agency noted in a message Harvard enrolls almost foreign students at its campus in Cambridge Massachusetts accounting for more than a quarter of its candidate body The majority are graduate students coming from more than countries Related Articles Judge blocks Trump s order to dismantle the Schooling Department and fire employees Supreme Court tie vote dooms taxpayer funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma Majority of US states now have laws banning or regulating cellphones in schools with more to follow Over boos Columbia University president notes Mahmoud Khalil s absence at graduation The majority AAPI adults oppose college funding cuts and scholar deportations a new poll finds Harvard called the action unlawful and revealed it s rapidly working to provide guidance to students This retaliatory action threatens serious harm to the Harvard group and our country and undermines Harvard s academic and research mission the university commented in a declaration The dispute stems from an April request from Homeland Guard Secretary Kristi Noem The letter demanded that Harvard turn over information about foreign students that might implicate them in violence or protests that could otherwise lead to their deportation In a letter to Harvard on Thursday Noem reported the school s sanction is the unfortunate product of Harvard s failure to comply with simple reporting requirements Noem mentioned Harvard can regain its ability to host foreign students if it produces a trove of records on foreign students within hours Her updated request demands all records including audio or video footage of foreign students participating in protests or dangerous activity on campus This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence antisemitism and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus Noem reported in a message The administration revoked Harvard s certification in the Attendee and Exchange Visitor Effort which gives the school the ability to sponsor international students to get their visas and attend school in the United States The Associated Press mentoring coverage receives financial sponsorship from multiple private foundations AP is solely responsible for all content Find AP s standards for working with philanthropies a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at AP org