Educating the American Dream: Trump’s decision to deny international student visas hurts the economy and punishs the president by punishing them
She stated that the president is punishing students and hurting the economy because of his desire to silence anyone who disagrees with him. “The only ones who benefit from Donald Trump’s actions are China and other countries who are already recruiting these students. It’s the exact opposite of America First.”
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, a former Harvard hockey player, declined to comment when contacted by the AP. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, a Democrat who played basketball at Harvard, said the athletes are among 85,000 foreign students who come to the state to “study, conduct research, start businesses, and create jobs and innovations.”
Harvard’s athletic program will not be allowed to take international student visas under a Trump administration decision made on Thursday.
The DHS Secretary stated on Thursday that the administration would be holding Harvard accountable for its links to the Chinese Communist Party and for fostering violence. The privilege for universities is to enroll foreign students and receive higher tuition payments to help pad their endowments. Harvard had plenty of opportunity to do the right thing. It refused.”
The suit claims that students have an impossible situation due to Harvard’s revocation of its SEVIS status. The complaint says student visa holders could either transfer immediately, or leave the country, if their school loses its certification.
International Student Hometowns of the Eastern Scenarios (Harvard) Rugby Rugby Team and a Playground for Men’s Hockey and Softball
The international hometowns of seven of the eight rowers who just won the Eastern sprint title are listed on the school’s website. Mick Thompson, the leading scorer last season, and Jack Bar, who was a captain, are among a handful of Canadians on the men’s hockey roster; 10 of the 13 members of the men’s squash team and more than half of the women’s soccer and golf rosters also list foreign hometowns.
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Source: Harvard’s ability to enroll international students revoked. And, summer book releases
How to speak out about the war in Gaza with the NPR ‘Babye Is My Girlfriend’s boyfriend’, the late Paul Reubens’ father and the international student population
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International students are in a quandary on whether to speak out or not regarding the war in Gaza. The federal judges stopped the deportations of some noncitizen university students because they made comments about the war in Gaza. The government has canceled some students’ visas due to national security concerns. NPR’s Adrian Florido recently spoke with two international graduate students in the final weeks of their academic programs who decided to continue speaking out despite the risk of losing their visas and being detained or deported. The two students discussed how the decision had an impact on their lives.
The Supreme Court’s decision to fire the heads of two independent agencies as a probe of the Trump administration’s power: the case of Elias Rodriguez
The Supreme Court yesterday granted the Trump administration’s request to fire the heads of two independent agencies. The fired individuals are Gwynne Wilcox, a member of the National Labor Relations Board, and Cathy Harris, a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board. The 6-3 ruling is a temporary one, but it sheds light on the court’s view of the president’s power.
Elias Rodriguez, who is suspected of killing two Israeli Embassy employees outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C., has been charged with first-degree murder, the murder of foreign officials and other crimes. The attack is being investigated as a possible hate crime. The affidavit shows that Rodriguez flew from his home in Chicago to the nation’s capital on Tuesday the day before the attack. He also purchased a ticket for the museum event, which was a mixer for young diplomats, just three hours before it began.
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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement that the Trump administration is “holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus.”
Harvard can’t leave until later in the summer because they haven’t figured out how many students they’ll have. The International House at the University of California, Berkeley houses nearly 600 students and scholars from around the world.
“This makes international students wonder if the U.S. is still a safe and welcoming place to study,” he says. “We’re seeing less international applications this year.”
In the last academic year, international students contributed nearly $44 billion to the U.S. economy, according to NAFSA: The association of international teachers.
The Harvard Lawmaker vs. SEVIS: A Second Amendment Violation of the First Amendment is a Charged Under Harvard Law
Harvard sued the administration on Friday. In a complaint filed in Massachusetts federal court, the university’s lawyers called DHS’s revocation of its SEVIS certification a “blatant violation of the First Amendment.”