The Homeland Security Director, Kristi Noem, who could not define the right of Habeas Corpus nor where is enshrined as a right in the Constitution, today revoked the right of Harvard University to receive international students. In her message in X, in language reminiscent of the worst days of Senator Joseph McCarthy’s Red Scare:
“This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus.
“It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments to help pad their multibillion-dollar endowments….
“Let this serve as a warning to all universities and academic institutions across the country.”
The full letter to Harvard can be read below:
The language in this letter is repulsive and represents an authoritarian impulse which negates the very basic premises of a democratic state. Its objectives are grandiose (“root out the evils of anti-Americanism and antisemitism in society and campuses”) and its tone is imperious (“you must provide all the information requested below in 72 hours“-delivered on a Friday evening).
I do not doubt that Harvard will fight this order in court and win. But the strategy of the Trump Administration is clear: to intimidate and silence any possible critics of its horrific and undemocratic policies. I hope that the courts penalize the Trump Administration in ways that assure the American people that democracy will be protected.
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No mention of the terrorist attack on American soil?
No. But you wish to make a point?
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