“Many people asked what was happening to the Harvard University and his large -scale irregularities, which we deal with when looking for a solution,” wrote Trump in a post on the Truth Social platform. “We work closely with Harvard and it is very possible that an agreement will be announced in the next week.”
Since its office in January this year, Trump's administration has been fighting a multifaceted war with Harvard. She accused the university of consolidating anti -Semitism, suspended subsidies of $ 2 billion. (PLN 7 billion PLN 413 million) and tried to prohibit universities to receive foreign students. Where does this sudden change of approach show?
On Friday, Trump said that the university “progressed extremely” during negotiations and seems “involved in doing what is right.”
“If the agreement is concluded on the current conditions, it will be a historical event and very favorable for our country” – summed up the president.
A spokesman for Harvard did not answer immediately at the request for comment.
Harvard is not the only university to attract the anger of the president.
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The first school that was under the magnifying glass of the American administration was the University of Columbia. In March, the US government canceled subsidies for this New York university in the amount of $ 400 million. (1 billion 483 million). At that time, the administration stated that the university did not provide Jewish students with protection against anti -Semitic protests in the campus.
Shortly after the withdrawal of Columbia financing She agreed to a number of changes proposed by the administrationincluding changes in the policy of protests in the campus, security and Program of the Middle Eastern studies.
Trump loses in court
Trump's suggestion that an agreement with Harvard may be close, appeared just after the Federal Judge in Boston issued a preliminary order extending her earlier decision to block one of the most famous moves of Trump's administration against this university.
The judge of the US District Court Allison Burroughs stated on Friday that the National Security Department cannot continue attempting to suspend visas for foreign Harvard students based on the letter secretary of this department Kristi Noem of 22 May. Noem demanded the immediate exclusion of the university from the student exchange program “Student Exchange Visitor Program”.
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Graduates during the completion of studies at Harvard University, May 29, 2025,
Burroughs, appointed by Obama, also issued a temporary order to stop officials from implementing the proclamation issued by Trump at the beginning of this month. The US President tried to use his rights in it to block the university's acceptance of foreign students and scientists. The order blocking Trump's directive expires on Monday, but the judge is considering its extension.
On Friday, the court also ordered the release of the Propalestine activist Mahmoud Khalil detained for over three months in immigration detention as a result of the activities of the Trump administration.
This decision is another defeat of the American administration In her efforts to stop and deport students and scientists who protested against Israel.
During the court hearing, the district judge Michael Farbiarz decided that Khalil did not pose a threat to the community or intend to escape. The judge criticized the government, calling his efforts to stop Khalil “Very, very unusual.”
Khalil has a green card and as a post -graduate student, he helped organize Propalestine protests at the University of Columbia. He was not accused of any crime. However, Trump's administration wanted to deport him, citing the rarely applied immigration law, which allows the government to deport every foreigner – even a legal resident – if the Secretary of State decides that his further presence harms the interests of the foreign policy of the United States.
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