Raghav Chadha Stands With Harvard, Slams Trumps Ban On International Students At University

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha has strongly criticised US President Donald Trump’s contemporary choice to bar Harvard University from enrolling world scholars, and claimed the transfer threatens the way forward for world scholars, in particular the ones at Harvard University.

Taking to social media, Chadha wrote, “President Trump’s recent move threatens the dreams and futures of international students at Harvard and beyond. As a proud member of the Harvard community, I wear my colours to show support for inclusion and academic freedom.”

Chadha, an alumnus of Harvard University, expressed team spirit with scholars suffering from the coverage. “I stand with Harvard and all international students whose dreams and futures are under threat. We must defend academic freedom and global collaboration,” he added.

Meanwhile, the college condemned the verdict as each illegal and unwarranted and stated that the verdict “imperils the futures of thousands of students and scholars.”

The college has filed a felony criticism and introduced plans to hunt a short lived restraining order because it pursues all to be had treatments. In a commentary launched on Friday, the Ofice of the President of the Harvard University stated, “Yesterday, the federal government announced that it has revoked Harvard’s certification under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) and stripped the University of its authority to sponsor F- and J- visas for international students and scholars for the 2025-26 academic year. The revocation continues a series of government actions to retaliate against Harvard for our refusal to surrender our academic independence and to submit to the federal government’s illegal assertion of control over our curriculum, our faculty, and our student body.”

Reassuring its world group, Harvard emphasized its dedication to protecting educational freedom and pledged improve to these impacted by way of the verdict.

It added, “We condemn this unlawful and unwarranted action. It imperils the futures of thousands of students and scholars across Harvard and serves as a warning to countless others at colleges and universities throughout the country who have come to America to pursue their education and fulfil their dreams. We have just filed a complaint, and a motion for a temporary restraining order will follow. As we pursue legal remedies, we will do everything in our power to support our students and scholars. The Harvard International Office will provide periodic updates as new information becomes available.”

The commentary additional stated that the federal government has claimed that its damaging motion is in response to Harvard’s failure to agree to america Department of Homeland Security’s requests for info.

“In fact, Harvard did respond to the Department’s requests as required by law. For those international students and scholars affected by yesterday’s action, know that you are vital members of our community. You are our classmates and friends, our colleagues and mentors, our partners in the work of this great institution. Thanks to you, we know more and understand more, and our country and our world are more enlightened and more resilient. We will support you as we do our utmost to ensure that Harvard remains open to the world,” the Harvard commentary added.

Earlier on Thursday, the White House stated, “Enrolling foreign students is a privilege, not a right.” It accused Harvard management of turning “their once-great institution into a hotbed of anti-American, anti-Semitic, pro-terrorist agitators.”

In a commentary to CNN, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson stated, “They have repeatedly failed to take action to address the widespread problems negatively impacting American students and now they must face the consequences of their actions.”

Harvard and the Trump management had been engaged in a battle for months because the management calls for the college make adjustments to the programming of the establishment, hiring and management to take away on-campus antisemitism and take away what it termed “racist ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’ practices.”

The management has centered overseas scholars and workers, whom it believes had been a part of the contentious campus protests over the Israel-Hamas struggle.