His government US President Donald Trump He canceled yesterday the right of Harvard University to accept foreign students and forced those who are already studying there to go to another university while It threatened to extend the measure to other educational institutions.

Interior Security Minister Christie Nooe has requested that Harvard’s (SEVIS) program of visitors (SEVIS) be canceled for the academic year 2025-26.

Noem has accused the well -known US University of “submitting violence, anti -Semitism and coordinated with the Chinese Communist Party”.

Harvard replied that this move by the Trump government-which affects thousands of students-is illegal and equals retaliation.

Yesterday’s decision is a significant escalation in the confrontation between the Republican government and the renowned university, which has emerged as one of Trump’s main goals, and was taken after Harvard refused to give the Ministry of Interior the information he requested.

The academic year 2024-25 attended Harvard almost 6.800 foreign studentswhich corresponded to 27% of the total number of students, according to the University.

In 2022 the Chinese were the largest group of foreign students–1.016-in Harvard. Students from Canada, India, South Korea, Britain, Germany, Australia, Singapore and Japan followed.

“It is a privilege and not the right for universities to accept foreign students and benefit from the highest tuition fees,” Noem said.

In a letter to the university, the US minister gave him the “opportunity” to restore his certification, if he handed over the next 72 hours the information asked for the “illegal” activity of his foreign students, including videos or audio of any 5 years.

In her letter, Noe accuses Harvard of “perpetuating a dangerous environment in the campus, hostile to Jewish students, encouraging the sympathy for Hamas and implements racist policies ‘diversity, equality and inclusion’.

As the US minister pointed out, foreign students who have already enrolled in Harvard should be “transferred” to another university, as they will otherwise lose their visa.

The Harvard characterized the action of the US government “illegal” and emphasized that he remains “fully committed” to the training of foreign students.

“This revenge threatens to cause serious harm to the Harvard community and our country and undermines Harvard’s academic and scientific mission,” the university said in a statement.

“This decision (…) is the latest one of a series of retaliation measures and blatant authoritarianism to the detriment of the older US Higher Education Foundation,” the US Association of University Teachers (AAUP) complained. “The Trump government is illegally seeking to destroy higher education in the US,” he added.

The Republican has already frozen in recent weeks federal grants totaling $ 3 billion for Harvard.

In an interview with Fox News, NEE was asked if she was considering taking similar measures at the expense of other US universities, including Columbia.

“Of course and yes,” he replied. “This should be a warning for all universities to behave properly,” the minister said.

After taking over the presidency in January, the Republican president has sought to use federal funding for research to make changes to university education in the US, in which he claims to have prevailed anti -American, Marxist and Marxist ideologies.

Trump has accused Harvard of still taking into account ethnicity when examining applications for the introduction of students, and allowing him to discriminate against Jews, as a result of the Philosopher Student Movement that broke out last year in American campuses.

In this context, his government has recalled student visas and green cards of foreigners who were involved in philosopher mobilizations.

The US Department of Health and Human Services announced on Monday that it is ending federal grants of $ 60 million to Harvard, accusing him of failing to face anti -Semitic harassment and discrimination on his campus.

The well -known university, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has filed a lawsuit against the Trump government for its decision to stop sponsorships, stressing that it is committed to dealing with anti -Semitism and has taken steps to ensure that its campuses and campuses.