A US judge announced on Thursday that it will temporarily suspend the decision of President Donald Trump’s administration to prevent Harvard University from receiving foreign students.
Judge Alison Buroz in Massachusetts – where Harvard University is located – during a hearing yesterday that it will give “a kind of protection to foreign students” in the prestigious institution.
The American President seeks to prevent Harvard from receiving foreign students, annul its contracts with the federal government, reducing the aid granted to it by a few billion dollars, and reconsidering its status as a tax -exempted institution.
The university says that withdrawing its powers in registering foreign students will have negative effects, as more than a quarter of its foreigners and nearly 60% of graduate students at Harvard Kennedy College from other countries.
On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that the administration will start with a “firm form” to cancel the visas granted to Chinese students studying in American universities, including those associated with the Chinese Communist Party, who are studying in vital areas that have not been determined.
This decision sparked a state of despair and frustration among students who obtained presentations for the study next year.
More than 275,000 Chinese students are studying hundreds of American universities, which constitutes a major income and a vital source of talents for American technology companies.
For his part, Harvard, President of Harvard University, met with a warm applause when he indicated in his speech on the graduation ceremony yesterday, Thursday, the presence of foreign students with their families “as it is supposed to be the matter”, without directly addressing the legal battle with the Trump administration.
The administration is targeting Harvard University due to allegations of anti -Semitism on the campus during the pro -Palestinians protests.
The protests exploded due to the extermination war launched by Israel on the Gaza Strip after the Al -Aqsa Flood operation carried out by the Palestinian resistance on October 7, 2023.
The Trump administration has shocked its procedures against Harvard University in the past few weeks, as it began an official review of federal financing of about $ 9 billion at the university, and demanded that it prohibit diversity, equality and inclusion practices, and to take strict measures against some groups supporting the Palestinians.
Harvard University last month rejected many of the demands of Trump, describing it as an attack on freedom of expression and academic freedom, and filed a lawsuit against his administration after it suspended about $ 2.3 billion in the federal funding of the educational institution, while the university also pledged to confront discrimination on the campus.
