US may withdraw intention to revoke Harvard's international student admission rights

Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. (Photo: THX/TTXVN)

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has sent a formal notice to Harvard University, warning that the administration plans to revoke Harvard's accreditation under the Federal Student and Exchange Visitor Program, which is the basis for the school to recruit international students.

Harvard, a university in the most prestigious "Ivy League" group in the US, has 30 days to respond or appeal the decision.

DHS made the announcement just before a hearing by U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston, Massachusetts, to consider extending a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University's right to enroll international students.

Previously, Harvard said the prospect of losing the right to enroll international students would affect about 27% of the school's student body (about 6,800 students) and cause serious consequences. Harvard also accused the school of revoking its admissions rights as a violation of the legal rights stipulated in the US Constitution.

Lawyers for the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based university said the DHS decision “is an unprecedented act of retaliation against academic freedom at Harvard,” which is pursuing a separate lawsuit challenging the White House’s decision to cut nearly $3 billion in federal research funding.

In a related development, on May 28, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would “aggressively” revoke visas of students from China, which has long been a top source of revenue for US universities.

Mr. Rubio also affirmed that the US State Department will also amend visa issuance criteria to increase monitoring of all future visa applications from China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China)./.

According to VNA

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