Harvard calls Trump’s ban on its foreign students unconstitutional

Harvard filed a supplant complaint to the federal court on Thursday, claiming it Trump administration The decision to ban the entry of foreign students with F and J, when they plan to attend ivy, is unconstitutional.

More than 7,000 students in Harvard Hold the F-1 or J-1 visas. Without these certificates, they cannot study, teach or conduct research in the US. The ban also affects their families and dependents.

According to the university’s lawsuit, the announcement “lacks the legal basis” and does not apply to any broad group of immigrants.

“Non -immigrants can enter the country until they visit Harvard,” complaint States.

Trump is down but does not go into the judicial battle for foreign student visas of Harvard

Harvard sues Trump’s administration for a visa ban, which calls a political vendeta aimed at foreign students and executing the university’s refusal to fulfill the requirements. (Rick Friedman/AFP via Getty Images)

Harvard claims that the measure does not focus on the “alien class”, but instead highlights the students associated with Harvard, calling it a “governmental vendeta” rather than a measure of national security.

In April, a federal operational group led by the Trump administration sent a list of requirements to the university, including ideological screening of students and teachers, quotas “diversity of perspective” when hiring and admission, as well as punishment of groups of student activists.

The administration also demanded a Harvard report of foreign sources of financing and allowed supervision of domestic policy.

If Harvard refused The government has frozen $ 2.2 billion in financing research. Later, Trump posted on the truth that Harvard should lose his status exempt from taxes when he continues to “press a radical ideology”. In another post, he accused the school of “woke up, radical left, idiots” and claimed it was no longer a great university.

Trump accuses Harvard of that they are “very slow” to convey information about foreign students

The postgraduate student announces “Learn to change the world” during the Harvard start ceremony on May 29, 2025 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Libby O’Neill/Getty Images)

A Department of Internal Security A few days later, the SEVP certification (student visitors’ and exchange program) has been recalled, allowing the school to sponsor foreign students, but the federal judge blocked the decision.

Now Harvard says the administration uses Trump’s announcement to make what the courts have already stopped.

The government claims that Harvard has not provided full information about its international student population, but the university states that it has submitted all the entries required by the law and that the recall is a reason.

“There is no legitimate justification for the government’s unprecedented action,” the university said on Thursday.

A Complete complaint also shows that Harvard is represented by Robert Hur, a former special lawyer who interviewed Former President Joe Biden.

Harvard says Trump administration specifically focuses on the university. (Getti Image)

Assistant Secretary DHS TRIS MACCAFLYL responded to the lawsuit, saying that “he was striving for his knees that entered the team, in accordance with Article II. This is a privilege, not the right to count foreign students.

‘Trump administration seeks to restore common sense for our Student visa system; No lawsuit, this or any other change that. We have a law, facts and common sense on our side. “

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Foreign Students He is now faced with uncertainty as a legal battle salary. Gin, a 23-year-old graduate student of the Chinese graduate student who is internshiped in Asia, said the Associated Press: “It’s tedious; we all feel numb.”

Another student, Yonas Nuguz from Ethiopia, who was accepted after the war and the shutdown of the school, also said, “I hope the situation is temporary and I can register in time.”

Fox News’ Louis Cassian and David Sneakers contributed to this report.