US Congressman Ro Khanna Condemns Trump’s Harvard Foreign Students Ban

 Following the Donald Trump administration’s choice to bar Harvard University from enrolling worldwide college students, US Congressman Ro Khanna criticised the transfer and challenged outstanding tech figures together with Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, David Sacks, Chamath Palihapitiya, Vinod Khosla, and Reid Hoffman to defend the ban, stating that it can’t be justified on benefit.

Sharing a put up on X, Khanna mentioned, “Anyone from Silicon Valley prepared to talk out in opposition to the Trump @JDVance ban on present and future worldwide college students at Harvard? I do know @elonmusk, @DavidSacks, @pmarca, @chamath, @vkhosla, @reidhoffman that there’s not a single tech chief who can defend this on the deserves.”

Anyone from Silicon Valley prepared to talk out in opposition to the Trump @JDVance ban on present and future worldwide college students at Harvard? I do know @elonmusk @DavidSacks @pmarca @chamath @vkhosla @reidhoffman that there’s not a single tech chief who can defend this on the deserves.

— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) May 23, 2025

Following Trump’s order, Harvard University condemned the choice as illegal and unwarranted and mentioned that the choice “imperils the futures of hundreds of scholars and students.”

The college has filed a authorized grievance and introduced plans to hunt a short lived restraining order because it pursues all obtainable treatments.

In an announcement launched on Friday, the Ofice of the President of the Harvard University mentioned, “Yesterday, the federal authorities introduced that it has revoked Harvard’s certification underneath the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) and stripped the University of its authority to sponsor F- and J- visas for worldwide college students and students for the 2025-26 educational yr. The revocation continues a collection of presidency actions to retaliate in opposition to Harvard for our refusal to give up our educational independence and to undergo the federal authorities’s unlawful assertion of management over our curriculum, our college, and our scholar physique.”

Reassuring its worldwide neighborhood, Harvard emphasised its dedication to defending educational freedom and pledged help to these impacted by the choice.

It added, “We condemn this illegal and unwarranted motion. It imperils the futures of hundreds of scholars and students throughout Harvard and serves as a warning to numerous others at schools and universities all through the nation who’ve come to America to pursue their schooling and fulfill their desires. We have simply filed a grievance, and a movement for a short lived restraining order will comply with. As we pursue authorized treatments, we are going to do every part in our energy to help our college students and students. The Harvard International Office will present periodic updates as new data turns into obtainable.”

Earlier on Thursday, the White House mentioned, “Enrolling international college students is a privilege, not a proper.” It accused Harvard management of turning “their once-great establishment right into a hot-bed of anti-American, anti-Semitic, pro-terrorist agitators.”

In an announcement to CNN, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson mentioned, “They have repeatedly did not take motion to deal with the widespread issues negatively impacting American college students and now they have to face the implications of their actions.”

Harvard and the Trump administration have been engaged in a battle for months because the administration calls for the college make adjustments to the programming of the establishment, hiring and administration to take away on-campus antisemitism and take away what it termed “racist ‘variety, fairness and inclusion’ practices.” The administration has focused international college students and workers, whom it believes had been a part of the contentious campus protests over the Israel-Hamas warfare.

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