Trump Harvard is punished, 2200 MDD freezes and pulls tax benefits

US President Donald Trump A war war against the prestigious Harvard UniversityWhich refuses to comply with its demands, and after announcing the freezing of $ 2.2 billion of federal funds, this Tuesday threatened to withdraw its tax advantages.

Trump student at Harvard UniversityIt is located around Boston (northwest), which Put an end to my policies (Diversity, Equality, Inclusion) and combating anti -Semitism.

Like other educational centers in the United States, the prestigious university was the stage of student protests against the Israeli war in Gaza, a issue in the spotlight from the White House since Trump returned to power in January.

Trump wrote on the social truth network: “The tax exemption should be lost and taxed as a political entity.”

On the eve, the Ministry of Education announced the freezing of $ 2.2 billion of subsidies for several years and ending multi -year contracts for $ 60 million, claiming “unacceptable studies of protests” and “unbearable harassment for Jewish students.”

At the end of March, The United States government announced that it is considering depriving Harvard of about $ 9,000 million In federal benefits.

The private university has a heritage More than 50,000 million dollars It enjoys a federal exemption and another from Massachusetts.

This is the last attack against an academic institution after they were placed on their knees to the University of Colombia in New York that, they did not lose 400 million federal funds, and agreed to the demands of the Republican Monument Management.

among them, Control of acceptance, and allowing the presence of dozens of security agents who have powers to stop To the “instigators”, or review the presentation of regional studies, especially those related to the Middle East and Israel.

“Federal blackmail”

The President of Harvard University, Alan Garper, explained on the eve of a letter addressed to students The employees that the institution “will not abandon its independence or rights guaranteed by the constitution.”

No government should dictate, regardless of the party in power, for universities for what they can teach, or who can employ and employ, or what issues that can be achieved. “

He pointed to the condition of the Trump administration that Harvard “check” the opinions of students and teachers.

Harvard is not ready to accept the demands that go beyond the legitimate authority of this or any other administration, “they have referred to their lawyer shortly before.

The editorial board says on Tuesday at The Crimson, a Harvard’s publication, which he calls “federal blackmail” with the attempts of the Republican administration to offer, that our values ​​are not offered for sale.

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While the White House is trying to cancel American higher education, we hope that other universities will join us to strengthen it, “they point out.

In addition to hARVARD and Columbia, other university centers have been threatened with federal aid discounts If the guidelines of the Republican administration do not correspond to.

Along with the attack on universities to fight anti -Semitism, the American administration also expressed a crusade to expel foreign students who participated in the lineage, while many see an attempt to undermine freedom of expression.

On Monday, immigration authorities arrested the Palestinian student in Colombia Mohsen Mahdawi when he went to a date to obtain his nationality.

Mahdi joins the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, the face of the appropriate Colombia movement that is fighting not being deported despite the presence of legal residency in the United States; Turkish student at the University of Tatsa Romisa Ozturb; Yunneso Chung, originally from South Korea with permanent residence in the United States, is also a student at New York University.

for now, The deportation of students detained by judges has been banned.

Hundreds of students saw their canceled visa, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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