Harvard President Alan Garber starts school.
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In the latest volley in the Trump administration’s war with Harvard, federal agencies told the Harvard president that the university violated anti-discrimination laws, and immigration and customs enforcement will be linked to Harvard’s “records, communications and other documents, related to immigration regulations since January 1, 2020.”
The Department of Education, Health and Human Services and the Department of Homeland Security announced the moves in a news release Wednesday and were condemned by cabinet officials. As Harvard still refuses to succumb to all demands since April, including prohibiting recognition of international students’ “hostility to American values and institutions engraved in the U.S. Constitution and all institutions that have the Declaration of Independence, including those who support terrorism or anti-Semitism.” In May, the Department of Homeland Security tried to block Harvard’s admission by depriving its students and exchange visitor programs to accreditate, but the judge stopped the move.
“By allowing anti-Semitic harassment and discrimination to be unorganized on its campus, Harvard failed its obligations to students, educators and U.S. taxpayers, Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a statement Wednesday. (Only qualified can we find universities that violate their policies.)
Trump officials said last week that Harvard violated Chapter 6 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits the use of common descent, including anti-Semitism. They informed that Harvard showed “deliberate indifference” in discrimination against Jews and Israeli students in the HHS Office of Civil Rights.
HHS’s violation notice said multiple sources “demonstrate the grim reality of campus discrimination, which is ubiquitous, lasting and effectively without punishment.” Released from HHS on Wednesday, the investigation, which was “based on reports of anti-Semitic events at the opening ceremony of the 2024 school”, has reviewed the entire institution from October 7, 2023 to now.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The Trump administration also notified members of Columbia after concluding that Columbia had committed similar violations of federal civil rights laws. The Governor’s term of office for the Higher Education Commission, then told Colombia that its certification could be dangerous.
The Department of Homeland Security’s subpoena was announced as Harvard’s latest move to target international students, accounting for more than a quarter of its enrollment.
“We are trying to do things with Harvard in a simple way. Now, by refusing to cooperate, we have to do things in a difficult way. Harvard, like other universities, allows foreign students to abuse visa privileges and advocates violence and terrorism on campus.”
DHS does not provide Internal Advanced ED Information about which specific record ice is being summoned. It said in its press release: “This is a request for the university to repeatedly reject past non-mandatory requests to hand over information required for its student visitors and exchange programs. [sic] Certification. ”
The release said that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asked Harvard on campus in April for information on crimes and misconduct from foreign students. “The press release further said other universities should be aware of Harvard’s actions and impact when considering whether to comply with similar requirements.”
Harvard backed off in Wednesday’s statement. It called the DHS subpoena “doing nothing”, but said it “will continue to cooperate with legal requirements and obligations.”
“As Harvard continues to defend its students, their students, faculty and staff against excessive aggression that is harmful to the government, it aims to decide what private universities can recognize and hire, and what they can teach,” a statement from Harvard said. “Harvard remains firmly protecting its communities and core principles from unfounded retribution from the federal government.”
If Harvard loses its certification, it will be isolated from federal student aid. Harvard officials said in another statement that they are complying with New England higher education standards “has kept their certification uninterrupted since the initial review in 1929.”
Neither the Trump administration nor Neche president Larry Schall provided the letter the administration wrote to the committee. Sher told Internal Advanced ED The committee will request a response from Harvard University within 30 days, as well as the results of the federal investigation, to be presented to the committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting, which is currently scheduled in September.
“We have the process we follow,” Schell said. “Whether it’s Harvard or other agencies, we follow them…our process is consistent and is actually guided by federal regulations.”
