Trump calls for record of names of Harvard’s overseas college students as he escalates vendetta towards faculty | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump posted a late-night rant on Truth Social, demanding that Harvard University present his administration with the “names and countries” of all its worldwide college students.

There can be almost 6,793 names on that record, in response to the most recent knowledge shared by the college.

“Why isn’t Harvard saying that almost 31% of their students are from FOREIGN LANDS, and yet those countries, some not at all friendly to the United States, pay NOTHING toward their student’s education, nor do they ever intend to,” Trump wrote at 12:51 a.m. on Sunday. “Nobody told us that!”

“We want to know who those foreign students are, a reasonable request since we give Harvard BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, but Harvard isn’t exactly forthcoming,” he continued. “We want those names and countries.”

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Trump tried to dam Harvard from enrolling overseas college students on Thursday, within the newest escalation of his struggle on U.S. schools. His administration additionally desires all overseas college students to depart the college, or else danger dropping their authorized standing.

The administration had beforehand warned that the varsity’s federal funding was in danger if leaders didn’t adjust to Trump’s calls for, which included ending variety packages, dissolving pro-Palestine demonstrations and submitting a “viewpoint diversity” audit.

But U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs referred to as the order a “blatant violation of the Constitution” on Friday, granting Harvard a short lived restraining order towards the administration. Burroughs mentioned Harvard’s attorneys have proven that the transfer would do “immediate and irreparable injury” to the establishment.

Earlier this week, a federal choose additionally blocked the Trump administration from revoking authorized standing for worldwide college students nationwide whereas a authorized problem is ongoing.

Harvard professors and employees have proven an outpouring of help for his or her worldwide college students, and the varsity’s administration says it’s dedicated to making sure the scholars can keep.

“We are fully committed to maintaining Harvard’s ability to host our international students and scholars, who hail from more than 140 countries and enrich the university — and this nation — immeasurably,” Harvard’s media relations director Jason Newton mentioned Friday.

“We are working quickly to provide guidance and support to members of our community,” he added. “This retaliatory action threatens serious harm to the Harvard community and our country, and undermines Harvard’s academic and research mission.”

Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security claims Harvard has “created an unsafe campus environment by permitting anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators to harass and physically assault individuals, including many Jewish students, and otherwise obstruct its once-venerable learning environment.”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has equally accused the college of “fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party.”