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Trump Freezes Green Card Lottery After Deadly Brown, MIT Shootings
The Trump administration has suspended the federal green card lottery program after deadly shootings at two prestigious New England universities. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced a pause for the diversity immigrant visa program in a social media post on Thursday, Dec. 18. Her statement came after 48-year-old Claudio Manuel Neves Valente was found dead by suicide in a New Hampshire storage unit. Valente was the suspect wanted in the mass shooting that killed two students and injured nine others in an engineering building at Brown University on Saturday, D…
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Feds To Teach Harvard 'The Hard Way,' Issue Subpoenas Demanding Foreign Students' Info
The Department of Homeland Security has escalated its battle with Harvard University, issuing subpoenas this week that demand the university turn over records tied to its foreign student visa program. The move marks the latest clash between the federal government and universities over international students. Harvard, which hosts more than 7,000 of them, called the legal action an “unnecessary” political attack. “We tried to do things the easy way with Harvard. Now, through their refusal to cooperate, we have to do things the hard way,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. She accused…
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'We Want Those Names': Trump Demands Info On Harvard’s Foreign Students
President Donald Trump said in a social media post that he wants the names and countries of origin of all foreign-born students enrolled at Harvard University, escalating his ongoing battle with the Ivy League school as it continues to unfold in the courts and the media. Last week, Trump sought to bar the Cambridge, Massachusetts, Ivy League school from enrolling international students, alleging the university promotes "rampant anti-American and antisemitic ideologies." However, on Friday, May 23, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking that attempt after Harvard’s atto…
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Judge Halts Trump Administration's Block On Harvard Foreign Students (
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A federal judge has temporarily stopped the Trump administration's attempt to block Harvard University from hosting international students in the President's latest political attack on the Ivy League school. Massachusetts District Court Judge Allison Burroughs issued the ruling on Friday, May 23. The pause came just hours after Harvard announced the lawsuit over the Department of Homeland Security's decision to revoke the university's Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification. The suit claims the move was meant to punish Harvard for rejecting Pr…
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Trump Administration Bans Harvard From Enrolling International Students
The Department of Homeland Security has taken away Harvard University's ability to host international students in President Donald Trump's latest political attack on the Ivy League college. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem revoked Harvard's certification in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), the department announced on Thursday, May 22. The Trump administration has accused the Cambridge, Massachusetts, university of allowing "anti-American, pro-terrorist" foreign students to disrupt campus life. The decision puts the legal status in doubt for Harvard's nearly 6,80…
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150+ College Leaders Blast Trump For 'Unprecedented Overreach' On Higher Education
More than 150 college leaders issued a scathing letter criticizing the Trump administration's escalating threats against universities. The American Association of Colleges and Universities released the public letter on Tuesday, April 22. The group of university presidents accused President Donald Trump of "unprecedented government overreach," warning that the crackdown could harm students and democracy. Trump has demanded that colleges eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, along with other orders aimed at limiting campus activism. The Trump administration has paused…
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'Unlawful': Obama Sides With Harvard; Blasts Trump Over Funding Freeze
Former President Barack Obama is lending his voice to support Harvard University after the prestigious Ivy League school dared President Donald Trump to follow through on his threatened $2 billion federal funding freeze if the school didn’t comply with his administration’s new guidelines. Among other demands, Trump wants Harvard to dismantle its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs; ban masks at campus protests; implement a merit-based admissions and hiring system; and reduce the influence of faculty and administrators he claims are “more committed to activism” than education, a letter …
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