The Trump Administration forbids the US entry of students to study at Harvard after the first plan has been blocked by American justice

US President Donald Trump suspended on Wednesday, for a six -month initial period, entry into the United States of foreign citizens who want to study or participate in exchange programs at Harvard University, a new escalation of the conflict between the White House administration and the prestigious higher education institution.

Trump's proclamation has invoked reasons for national security as a justification for banning international students in the United States to follow studies at the University of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Harvard, in a statement, called Trump's Proclamation “Another illegal step of reprisals made by the administration, in violation of Harvard rights guaranteed by the first amendment.”

“Harvard will continue to protect his international students,” the statement issued by the institution points out.

The suspension can be extended beyond the six months. Trump's proclamation also asks the US State Department to take into account the revocation of academic or exchange visas for any current Harvard student who falls within the proclamation criteria.

Harvard's international students won a first victory in American justice

The Directive on Wednesday comes a week after a federal judge in Boston announced that it will issue an extended prohibition decision, which will prevent the administration from revoking Harvard's ability to enroll international students, representing about a quarter of total students.

The administration has launched a multi -front attack on the oldest and richest universities in the country, freezing billions of dollars in the form of grants and other funds and proposing the elimination of its status as an educational institution.

Harvard claims that the administration takes revenge on it for refusing to transfer the requests for control over the governance of the University and the curriculum, as well as the request of the white house and students to be questioned about their political ideology and beliefs.

The University filed a trial after the Secretary for Internal Security, Kristi Noem, announced on May 22 that his department immediately revokes Harvard certification for the program students and international visitors, who allowed him to enroll foreign students.

Its decision was temporarily blocked almost immediately by American district judge Allison Burroughs. On the eve of an hearing in front of him, last week, the department changed his position and said he would challenge Harvard certification through a longer administrative process.

Trump accuses Harvard University of “extensive links” with US enemies

But Burroughs said that he intends to issue a preliminary ordinance that will produce longer effects, claiming that such a measure is necessary to provide a certain degree of protection to the university international students.

In an internal note consulted by Reuters, issued one day after that court hearing, the State Department ordered all its consular missions from abroad to start additional checks for visa applicants who want to travel to Harvard, regardless of purpose.

The two -page directive issued by Trump on Wednesday claims that Harvard has “demonstrated a history of worrying external links and radicalism” and has “extended links with foreign opponents”, including China.

The proclamation that accompanied the Directive also claims that the FBI “has long warned that foreign opponents take advantage of easy access to higher American education to steal information, exploit research and development and spread false information.”

She also states that Harvard has undergone “a drastic growth of criminality in recent years, without sanctioning at least some categories of disciplinary deviations on campus”, and that she has not provided sufficient information to the Department for Internal Security about “known illegal or dangerous activities” of foreign students.