In May, the judge stated that she intends to satisfy Harvard's petition, the day before her decision entered into force. The document requires the administration of President Donald Trump within 72 hours to provide information on how she fulfills this decision.
DHS deprived Harvard of the right to participate in the exchange program, which actually deprived the university of the opportunity to accept new foreign students and forced the current students to transfer to other universities or lose their legal status in the United States, the publication notes. This is part of the wider struggle that the administration wages with the University of the Poyshch League due to its refusal to fulfill a number of requirements, including changes in the policy of receiving and hiring employees, as well as a more stringent position in relation to anti-Semitism, the authors of the publication say.
The decision of the judge Barrose blocks the ban on Harvard for an indefinite period, until the completion of the trial between the university and DHS.
On June 20, Trump wrote in Truth Social, which is close to achieving an “agreement” with Harvard.
“Many people ask what is happening with Harvard University and its large -scale violations that we are considering, looking for a decision. We are closely cooperating, and it is possible that the agreement will be announced over the next week or so,” the post says.
Context
In October 2023, after Hamas attacks on Israel, student organizations Harvard They made an anti -Israeli statement. In their letter of solidarity with Palestine, students said that “they assign full responsibility for all the violence committed to the Israeli regime.” After a negative reaction to this statement, some student groups recalled their support.
December 5th then President of Harvard University Claudin Gay She performed in the US Congress, where she rejected accusations of anti -Semitism in Harvard and at the same time noted the need to maintain freedom of speech, wrote The Harvard Crimson. Her testimonies sharply criticized, and Congress even announced an investigation against Harvard of anti -Semitism in the campus.
In January 2024 Gay announced her resignation After the scandal due to accusations of plagiarism and insufficient reaction to anti-Semitism in an educational institution.
On April 14, 2025, the US Education Department informed that the US federal government froze perennial grants and contracts for Harvard University. The decision was made after Harvard Rejected The requirements of the White House, which were allegedly aimed at combating anti -Semitism in an educational institution.
On May 20, it became known that Harvard was deprived of grants by about $ 60 million due to accusations of anti-Semitism.
