Harvard sues Trump admin over foreign student ban, describes it as 'government vendetta’
Harvard filed an amended complaint in federal court on Thursday arguing that the Trump administration s decision to ban entry to foreign students with F and J visas if they plan to attend the Ivy League is unconstitutional Over students at Harvard hold F- or J- visas Without those certifications they can t examination teach or conduct research in the U S The ban also affects their families and dependents According to the university's lawsuit the proclamation lacks any lawful basis and does not apply to any broad group of immigrants Nonimmigrants may enter the country unabated as long as they do not attend Harvard the complaint states TRUMP IS DOWN BUT NOT OUT IN COURT BATTLE OVER HARVARD'S FOREIGN ATTENDEE VISASHarvard argues the measure does not target a class of aliens but instead singles out Harvard-bound students calling it a establishment vendetta rather than a national assurance measure In April a federal task force led by the Trump administration sent the university a list of demands including ideological screening of students and faculty viewpoint diversity quotas in hiring and admissions and punishment of apprentice activist groups The administration also demanded Harvard overview foreign funding sources and allow executive oversight of internal policies When Harvard refused the cabinet froze billion in research funding Trump later posted on Truth Social that Harvard should lose its tax-exempt status if it continued to push radical ideology In another post he accused the school of hiring woke Radical Left idiots and claimed it was no longer a great university TRUMP ACCUSES HARVARD OF BEING 'VERY SLOW' TO TURN OVER FOREIGN LEARNER INFOThe Department of Homeland Shield revoked Harvard s SEVP Aspirant and Exchange Visitor Activity certification a sparse days later which allows the school to sponsor international students but a federal judge blocked that decision Harvard now says that the administration is using Trump's proclamation to do what the courts have already stopped The leadership maintains Harvard failed to provide complete information on its international candidate population but the university says it has submitted all records required by law and that the revocation is a pretext There is no lawful justification for the ruling body s unprecedented actions the university declared in Thursday's filing The amended complaint also reveals that Harvard is being represented by Robert Hur the former special counsel who interviewed former President Joe Biden DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin responded to the lawsuit by saying it seeks to kneecap the President s constitutionally vested powers under Article II It is a privilege not a right for universities to enroll foreign students The Trump administration is committed to restoring common sense to our apprentice visa system no lawsuit this or any other is going to change that We have the law the facts and common sense on our side CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPInternational students now face uncertainty as the legal battle wages on Jing a -year-old Chinese graduate attendee interning in Asia recounted The Associated Press It is tiring we all feel numb now Another participant Yonas Nuguse from Ethiopia who was accepted after surviving war and a school shutdown also described The AP I hope the situation is temporary and I can enroll on time Fox News' Louis Casiano and David Spunt contributed to this analysis
