Harvard gets 30 days to contest ban on admitting international students
By: Nate Raymond
Reuters
BOSTON - The Trump administration on MAy 29 [2025] backed away from pans to immediate revoke Harvard University's ability to enroll international students and would instead give it 30 days to contest those plans through a lengthier administrative process.
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The Department of Homeland Security sent Harvard a notice of intent on May 28 [2025] to withdrew the school's certification under a federal program to enroll international students.
..... The Justice Department filed the notice in court ahead of a hearing before U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston over whether to extend a temporary order blocking President Donald Trump's administration from revoking the Ivy League school's rights to host international students.
..... Harvard had argued that the revocation violated its free speech and due process rights under the U.S. Constitution. In addition, Harvard contended that the revocation failed to comply with DHS regulations. The regulations required providing at least 30 days to challenge the agency's allegation and giving Harvard an opportunity to pursue an administrative appeal.
..... Harvard has said losing that right would affect about one-quarter of it's student body and devastate the school. It has denied Trump administration charges of alleged bias against conservatives, fostering antisemitism on campus and coordinating with the Chinese communist Party.
..... The Homeland Security Department said it sent Harvard the notice after school officials indicated an intent to comply with requirements of the federal Student and Exchange Visitor Program, which allows Harvard to enroll internationality students.
..... "We continue to reject Harvard's repeated pattern of endangering its students and spreading American hate - it must change its ways to b eligible to receive generous benefits from the American people," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement.
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Harvard did not immediate respond to a request for comment/
..... The revocation announced on May 22 [2025] was an escalation of the Trump administration's attack on Harvard.
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The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based university's lawyers argued the agency's action was part of an "unprecedented and retaliatory attack on academic freedom at Harvard,: which is pursuing a sparer lawsuit challenging the administration's decision to terminate nearly $3 billion inf federal research funding.
..... Harvard argues the Trump administration is retaliating against it for refusing to accede to tis demands to control the school's governance and curriculum, as well as the ideology of its faculty and students.
..... In announcing the decision, Noem, without providing evidence, accused the sensitivity of "fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordination with the Chinese Communist Party."
.... Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on May 28 [2025] that Harvard should have a 15% cap on the number of non-U. S. student it admits.