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The clash between President Donald Trump and 10 universities, including Harvard, continues, as the White House chief of staff has defended his administration's decision to block the enrollment of foreign students.
A federal judge blocked the decision on Friday, while the University, on its official website, has offered free courses on specific issues related to governance or constitutional foundations.
Harvard's entire battle with the Trump administration is taking place precisely over issues related to the implementation of the Constitution and the way of government.
On his Social Truth platform, Trump claimed that almost 31 percent of students studying at Harvard are from foreign countries - some of which are not on friendly terms with the US - and the university administration is not open with details about these students despite repeated requests from his administration.
"Why isn't Harvard saying that almost 31% of their students are from foreign countries, yet those countries, some of which are not at all friendly to the United States, pay nothing for their students' education and never intend to. No one told us that," Trump wrote.
"We want to know who those foreign students are, a reasonable request since we give Harvard billions of dollars, but Harvard is not quite ready. We want the names and the countries they come from. Harvard has $52,000,000, use it and stop asking the Federal Government to continue giving you funds," he added.
Trump's reaction comes after a federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration's move to block foreign students from Harvard, a policy imposed on the elite institution a day earlier that cast doubt on the future of thousands of students and the lucrative revenue stream they provide.
Thursday's order, signed by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, also forced current foreign students to transfer to other schools or lose their legal status, while threatening to expand the punitive measures to other colleges. Noem accused the university of "inciting violence, anti-Semitism and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party."
Harvard said the Trump administration's move, which affects thousands of students, was illegal and constituted retaliation and sued the Trump administration to "stop the government's arbitrary, capricious, illegal and unconstitutional action."
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