“Why does Harvard not mention that almost 31% of his students come from abroad, And yet those countries, some nothing friends from the United States, Do they contribute anything to the education of their students, nor do they intend to do so? ”The message published by Trump begins in his social social network.
Harvard has publicly said that the proportion of foreign students on the total of their students for the current course is from the 27.2%.
“We want to know who those foreign students are, a reasonable request, since We give Harvard billions of dollarsbut Harvard is not very communicative, ”continues the text, in reference to the request for your administrationwhich asked that the university provide data from students who have participated in the proportions in recent years.
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Given the refusal of the institution to provide that information, the Secretary of National Security, Kristi Noem, announced on May 22 that its portfolio will stop extending visas to Harvard foreign students and that those who are already enrolled in this university must change the center or expose themselves to be expelled from the country.
The next day, after a demand from the university, a federal judge temporarily suspended the measure of the Trump government, which in recent months has cut in almost US $ 2 billion The volume of Federal subsidies For Harvard.
The administration, which accuses Harvard of “anti -Semitism” or to favor the Chinese Communist Party with its exchange programs, it has also threatened with withdraw tax exemptions of the oldest higher education institution in the United States.
“We want those names and countries. Harvard has US $ 52 billion, use them and stop asking the federal government That he continues to give them money! ”concludes the message published by Trump, in relation to the provision of public funds that the university receives, which is the largest in the world and is actually located annually around US $ 52 billion.