Is Harvard Trump’s new goal, after Colombia? | Donald Trump News

US President Donald Trump’s President Donald Trump The review will Billions of dollars in Harvard’s federal financing amid a continuous suppression campaign against the protests supporting Palestinians in American universities.

This advertisement comes amid similar negotiations between the Trump administration and the University of Colombia, which exceeds $ 400 million in the Federal Federal Federation of the New York -based Ivy Legue. Colombia recently agreed to a series of demands from the administration in an attempt to maintain the flow of funds – but the United States government has not confirmed whether it would return the contracts and grants it stopped.

Here’s more about what is happening with Harvard:

Why does the Trump administration evaluate Harvard’s financing?

On Monday, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health, Humanitarian Services and Public Services Management issued a statement saying that they will review federal contracts and scholarships at Harvard University.

The statement added that the joint work squad to combat anti -Semitism will go to $ 255.6 million in contracts between the federal government and Harvard and its subsidiaries. It also declined more than $ 8.7 billion in multi -year grant obligations to Harvard University and its subsidiaries.

The work squad was formed in response to Trump’s executive order on January 29 called “additional measures to combat anti -Semitism,” according to the Ministry of Justice on February 3.

The executive order officially aims to target anti-Semitism-which witnessed a rise in the United States and globally after October 7, 2023, when Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups attacked Israel and led to the death of more than 1,100 people. Since then, Israel’s brutal war has killed more than 50,000 people in the pocket.

However, in practice, put the reasons for the Trump administration to search Many international students deported Those who participated in the pro-campus protests across the United States last year-without any clear evidence that they have to anti-Semitism or hamas activities.

This executive was also a basis for the Trump administration to target universities that it says has not done enough to suppress the protests.

“The priority of the first business group will be to get rid of anti -Semitic harassment in schools and in the campus of universities,” the Ministry of Justice said in the statement.

“Harvard’s failure to protect students on the campus from anti-Semitic discrimination-all with the strengthening of dividing ideologies on the free investigation-put his reputation in a serious danger,” and the statement conveyed the Minister of Education, Linda McMahon.

McMahon said: “Harvard University can correct these errors and restore itself to a university campus for academic excellence and search for the truth, as all students feel safe on the campus,” McMahon said.

What happened in Harvard?

On April 24, 2024, the protesters supporting Palestine established a camp at the campus site called Harvard Yard in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.

Harvard, which Harvard is called from occupied Palestine (HOOOO), was among many of these camps that appeared in a group of American universities. They demanded, among other things, that their universities Abstraction One of the weapons companies and companies linked to Israel.

On May 6, the President of Harvard University, Alan Garper, issued a statement saying that Hope had disrupted the institute’s educational activities. “The right to freedom of expression, including protest and opposition, is vital for the work of the University of Research. But it is not unlimited,” said Giber.

“The camp prefers the voices of a few rights of many who have suffered from disrupting how they learned and working at a critical time in the semester. I invite those participants in the camp to end the Harvard Yard’s occupation.”

On May 14, university demonstrators and students announced that they have Reach an agreement To finish the camp. However, the two sides issued various data, as students said that Harvard agreed to their demands and the university saying that it only opened itself for dialogue about the demands.

For example, when it comes to demanding withdrawing investments from Israel, Harvard University said it had agreed to be more transparent with its students about how the endowment works.

Before the camps began, in January 2024, Garber created two presidential periods on the campus: one is devoted to combating anti -Semitism and the other is devoted to combating bias against Muslims and Arabs.

On March 29, 82 professors of Harvard’s Law Faculty of Law, 118 letters addressed to the Student Authority, accused of the federal government to avenge against law firms and lawyers who represent customers and reasons opposed by the Trump administration.

Trump has signed presidential measures targeting the law firing companies associated with Berber Muller, a former special adviser in the United States who in Russian relations with the 2016 Trump Presidential campaign. Trump’s orders are seeking to restrict lawyers’ access to buildings and federal courts.

What will happen if Trump cut Harvard’s financing?

On Monday, the President of Harvard Garper University issued a statement in response to the Trump administration’s announcement about the financing assessment.

“If this financing is stopped, it will stop the research saving of life and weaken the important scientific research and innovation.”

But the Trump administration suggested, in a statement, that Harvard participated in negotiations with the government on its demands.

“We are pleased that Harvard is ready to interact with us on these goals,” said Sean Kevini, a member of the Work and Representation Squad in the field of humanitarian and humanitarian services.

What happened to the University of Colombia?

Colombia emerged as a pro-Palestinian campus protest center in 2024, after the first camp was shown on April 17 last year-which inspires similar camps in universities throughout the country.

The demonstrators occupied Colombia Hamilton HallAcademic building on the campus, on April 30, and then it is called the university New York Police To suppress the students.

In February of this year, the Trump administration canceled $ 400 million in Federal Federal Federal Federation, noting “failure to protect Jewish students from anti -Semitic harassment.”

On March 8, agents of the Immigration and Customs application (ICE) were arrested Mahmoud Khalil29, Colombia’s last graduate was a prominent figure in negotiations with the university during the campus protests last year. The United States government is now seeking to deport Khalil, who was carrying a green card when he was arrested and is currently arrested in a ice processing facility in Gina, Louisiana.

On March 5, the US State Department canceled a visa Ranjani Srinvasan, PhD candidate in urban planning at Columbia University. Four days later, Colombia dismantled it. Serenivasan flew to Canada on March 11 before being deported.

On March 13 this year, the joint work team to combat anti -Semitism issued a letter to Colombia, setting nine pre -conditions for negotiations to restore financing. On March 18, the university included new rules in a note sent to the Trump administration, and accepted the government’s demands.

Some of these rules are exposed that students who protest or appear will have to provide a university identity if they are asked, and a confrontation masks will be banned for the purpose of hiding the identity of the person. However, facial masks are still allowed for religious or medical reasons.

Colombia also said it rented 36 security officers who have special powers to arrest students “when necessary”, adding that the university also has a long -term relationship with the New York police and relies on strength to obtain additional security assistance.

In addition, one of the senior senior residency will oversee the sections of Colombia that offer courses in the Middle East.