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(DIR) Post #AtBmVV1THgIdEqtjiS by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-17T17:33:00Z
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#Trump Threatens to Block #International #Students Unless #Harvard Shares Student #DataThe demand from the #DHS is an escalation in Trump’s fight against Harvard, the country’s oldest & richest #university.#law #immigration #privacy #Constitution #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #Gestapo https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/politics/trump-harvard-international-students.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=2E43D607-08B2-4111-8D12-E96D119312A8
(DIR) Post #AtBmfgoYIXUMhniLK4 by Fenix@mstdn.social
2025-04-17T17:35:11Z
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@Nonilex #FuckTrump #StayStrongHarvard
(DIR) Post #AtBmhllqqCygemRVWS by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-17T17:35:53Z
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The #Trump admin has threatened to block #Harvard University from enrolling #international #students unless the #school hands over detailed #information about the student body, in yet another escalation of the govt’s fight against higher #education.In a letter sent on Wed, #KristiNoem, #DHS secy [& dog killer], demanded “relevant information” regarding each student #visa holder at Harvard who has been involved w/ “known illegal” or “dangerous” activity.#law #immigration #privacy #FreeSpeech
(DIR) Post #AtBn3J3OI7F1xlurho by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-17T17:39:46Z
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Noem also demanded info “regarding each #student #visa holder’s maintenance of at least the minimum required coursework to maintain nonimmigrant student status.”“The failure to comply with the student records request will be treated as a voluntary withdrawal,” Noem wrote in the letter.#law #immigration #privacy #Constitution #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #Gestapo
(DIR) Post #AtBn5OErz44acjHM0W by ianto_jones@mastodon.social
2025-04-17T17:40:07Z
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@Nonilex as terrible as that would be it's not a reason to cave. Keep up the fight, #harvard.
(DIR) Post #AtBnGOnAGejpWaZN9E by sellathechemist@mastodon.social
2025-04-17T17:42:06Z
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@Nonilex If it looks like extorsion, and feels like extorsion… .
(DIR) Post #AtBnKUVYxPa4PYHtya by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-17T17:42:52Z
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The sweeping request from Noem comes as hundreds of #international #students across the US have had their #visas revoked in recent weeks, causing alarm on campuses & a string of federal lawsuits seeking to overturn the decisions. In other cases, ofcls from #ICE have arrested students for protestingagainst Israel on #college campuses.#law #immigration #privacy #Constitution #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #Harvard #Trump #Gestapo
(DIR) Post #AtBnLvIWq52LmtsFW4 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-17T17:43:08Z
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Sarah Kennedy-O’Reilly, a #Harvard spox, said the #university was aware of the letter, which she said “follows on the heels of our statement that Harvard will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. We continue to stand by that statement.”#law #immigration #privacy #Constitution #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #Trump #Gestapo
(DIR) Post #AtDfWD5n7iI4YUELEO by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-18T15:24:44Z
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More illegal actions:#Trump's admin said on Fri it sought #Harvard University's records on foreign #funding going back a decade & on some foreign ties, in the govt's latest escalation against the educational institution.Trump has launched a widely condemned crackdown against top US #universities, including Harvard, over pro-#Palestinian campus #protests & a range of other #CultureWar issues like #transgender rights & #diversity, #equity & #inclusion programs.#law https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-seeks-records-harvard-foreign-funding-ties-2025-04-18/
(DIR) Post #AtDfn9wE6W7phAq2jo by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-18T15:27:50Z
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#Trump has threatened to withhold federal #funding to those institutions over the issues. Rights advocates have condemned what they call an assault on #FreeSpeech & #AcademicFreedom.US #law [already] requires #universities to report donations from foreign sources exceeding $250k in a year.In a letter to #Harvard President Alan Garber, Trump’s Dept of *#Education* said Harvard made "incomplete & inaccurate" disclosures between 2014 and 2019.
(DIR) Post #AtDg5wyeW5Hx03vvlI by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-18T15:31:13Z
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"Today's records request is the #Trump administration's first step to ensure #Harvard is not being manipulated by, or doing the bidding of, foreign entities," *#Education* Secy #LindaMcMahon said in a statement. The letter cited NO EVIDENCE to show that was happening.Harvard said it has filed such reports for decades "as part of its ongoing compliance with the #law."
(DIR) Post #AtDgY2KqBoVbj2hjYe by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-18T15:36:18Z
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"As is required, #Harvard's reports include information on gifts & contracts from foreign sources exceeding $250K annually. This includes contracts to provide executive #education, other training, & academic publications," the #university said.Among info also sought by #Trump within 30 days are records relating to expelled foreign #students…, #research by those who were expelled & a #list of visiting researchers, students & #faculty at Harvard who are *affiliated* w/ foreign govts.#law
(DIR) Post #AtDgm77ZBzc0cgCxZQ by bruce@darkmoon.social
2025-04-18T15:38:47Z
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@Nonilex Can we request records to show that the Trump administration is not being manipulated by, or doing the bidding of, foreign entities?
(DIR) Post #AtDgqYjgSmVDQX9mfA by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-18T15:39:39Z
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In recent weeks & days, the #Trump admin began a review of $9B in federal contracts & grants to #Harvard; called for restrictions including a #MaskBan & *#DEI* removal; threatened to strip Harvard of its #TaxExempt status; & demanded info on some #visa holders at Harvard w/ a threat to take away its ability to enroll #foreign #students.Harvard on Monday rejected numerous demands that it said would cede control to the govt. The Trump admin subsequently said it was freezing $2.3B in funding.#law
(DIR) Post #AtDh7R5q8Djwe9ZFQ0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-18T15:42:42Z
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#Trump has particularly threatened #universities over campus #protests against #US ally #Israel's devastating military assault on #Gaza after a deadly Oct 2023 attack by Palestinian #Hamas militants.Trump casts the protesters as #ForeignPolicy threats who are antisemitic & sympathetic to Hamas. Protesters, including some #Jewish groups, say Trump wrongly conflates their advocacy for #Palestinian rights & criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza w/support for #extremism & #antisemitism.#law
(DIR) Post #AtDhPkt1HOTbFMJ39U by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-18T15:46:01Z
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The #Trump admin is also attempting to #deport some foreign protesters & has revoked hundreds of #visas across the country.The Trump admin has frozen or canceled some #funding for #universities like #Columbia, #Princeton, #Brown, University of #Pennsylvania, #Cornell & #Northwestern as well.#law #Constitution #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #education #research #innovation #Harvard #BrainDrain
(DIR) Post #AtDhRrGEYCHzb0AQNs by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-18T15:46:23Z
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@Nazani No kidding!
(DIR) Post #AtDoMVvb8aN3fFuiX2 by huntingdon@mstdn.social
2025-04-18T17:03:51Z
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@Nonilex The projection and irony in that Trumpist description is precious. To ensure that "Harvard is not being manipulated by, or doing the bidding of, foreign entities."
(DIR) Post #AtFZp68D19RP3ju7Qe by lrreynolds@mstdn.social
2025-04-19T13:30:20Z
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@Nonilex everyone should realize this is NOT about THOSE particular protests or what they were about. If anything those protests were useful for undermining Biden/Harris and helping him get elected. BUT he doesn’t want any protests against HIS policies erupting on campuses so wants to “nip this problem in the bud before it can emerge” by making his move to control universities and the potential for “radical protests” under the guise #antisemitism for which there is political cover…