Donald Trump against Harvard: foreign students have to leave

For some time Donald Trump has decided that one of the main enemies of his administration and his idea of ​​America is the world of education and in particular US universitiessome of the most prestigious universities in the world. The last hard blow is aimed at Harvardthe university that more than the others has opposed the anti -liberal impositions of Donald Trump. After cutting the funds, less than $ 2.2 billion in funding for research activities, and the cancellation of programs on diversity and inclusion, the revocation of the permit to admit foreign students arrives.

There are currently 6,800 those who study on the Cambridge campusMassachusetts, about 27% of the total with scholarships or by paying the entire fee of 83 thousand dollars. These will have to find a place in another US University or return to their countries. The new registrations will instead be blocked. The National Security Department has declared that it has revoked with immediate effect the certification that allows Harvard to access the Student and Exchange Visitor Program. If the university cannot record them in this database, students cannot attend even if they have seen valid.

According to the National Security Department “Harvard’s leadership has created an unhealthy university environment allowing anti-American and pro-terrorist agitators to harass and attack physically individuals, including many Jewish students, and to hinder in other ways its venerable learning environment”. Kristi Noem, manager of internal security For Trump he said to Fox News Which is a warning for all other universities: “Give yourself a regulation because we are coming”. He added: «This administration is considering Harvard responsible for having fomented violence, anti -Semitism and for having coordinated with the Chinese Communist Party on his campus. It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher university fees, thus contributing to increasing their multimiliardic funds ». China, cited in the declarations, condemned the decision, calling it a form “of education politicization”.

It is an unprecedented measure and Harvard, says the New York Timeswould be ready for a new cause after that started last month against the government attempt to modify admission and hiring methods in universities. The University struggles to maintain its independence and the right to study free from government impositions.