Harvard University on Monday sued the Trump administration for freezing $2.2 billion in grants after the university denied the government's overhauling curriculum and administrative changes.
“The Government has not - and cannot - identify any rational connection between antisemitism concerns and the medical, scientific, technological, and other research it has frozen that aims to save American lives, foster American success, preserve American security, and maintain America라이브 바카라 position as a global leader in innovation,” the university wrote in its lawsuit, filed in Boston federal court.
What is the Harvard-Trump row?
Earlier on April 11, the Trump administration recommended Harvard University limit activism on campus and stop anti-semitism which is “hostile to the American values.” The Department of Homeland Security said that if the university does not comply, they will not be allowed to enroll foreign students if by April 30 the administration does not provide records on its international student visa holders' "illegal and violent" activities.
Moreover, the government recommended changes to its curriculum, reviewing the Middle Eastern studies, and an attack on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives impacting various departments, including those related to South Asian and African studies.
The Trump administration said that the university should apologise to President Donald Trump for revoking the reccomendations.
“Perhaps Harvard should lose its Tax Exempt Status and be Taxed as a Political Entity if it keeps pushing political, ideological, and terrorist inspired/supporting ‘Sickness?’ Remember, Tax Exempt Status is totally contingent on acting in the PUBLIC INTEREST!” Trump posted on social media on April 15.
Harvard President Alan Garber asserted that "the University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights," in a letter to the Harvard community, saying that these demands violate the First Amendment rights of the students.
On Monday, the university also said that “Nor has the Government acknowledged the significant consequences that the indefinite freeze of billions of dollars in federal research funding will have on Harvard라이브 바카라 research programs, the beneficiaries of that research, and the national interest in furthering American innovation and progress.”
