The Trump government continues its attack on university Harvardwith the State Department Start research on maintaining its ability to participate in a visitors exchange program.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the launch of this investigation by the State Department to evaluate whether Harvard “complies with all regulations, in particular by conducting programs in a way that does not undermine foreign policy objectives”.
“The American people have the right to expect their universities to protect national security, to respect the law and to provide a safe environment to all students,” he said in a press release.
State Department’s research “will allow us to ensure that the programs (funding) are not contrary to the interests of our nation,” the head of US diplomacy added.
Following his return to the White House last January, President Donald Trump accuses the American university of being a suitable ground for the “woke” ideology and that he did not adequately protect Jewish or Israeli students during demonstrations.
The US government withdrew from Harvard Federal subsidies of more than $ 2.6 billion and revoked its certification in the basic system through which foreign students can study in the US.
The university, located near Boston, in Massachusetts, appealed to justice against these measures, in a Brad de Ferr, which is also a test for other higher education institutions that have been targeted by the Trump government, such as Columbia in New York.
On Monday, while starting a first hearing before a federal court, the US president managed, through a post on his Truth Social network, the judge who has taken over the case and accused the university “of being anti-Semitic, anti-Christian and anti-Christian”.