Clovis student remains firm in attending Harvard despite federal feud

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- As Harvard takes a basal against the Trump Administration, a Clovis North student, Husam Ramadan, is lasting steadfast successful his determination to be the university.

It comes aft the assemblage refused the Trump Administration's demands for argumentation alteration astatine the school

"When they spell retired of their mode with the powerfulness that they have, and the influence, and the reputability, that Harvard has, it sets a precedent for little almighty institutions to bash the aforesaid and erstwhile each institutions autumn successful enactment to guarantee the Trump medication doesn't clasp them backmost and doesn't instrumentality distant their rights, it sets thing powerful," said Ramadan.

On April 11, the medication sent Harvard a missive demanding an extremity to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs, stating that it indispensable follow merit-based admissions, cooperate with migration authorities, and halt recognizing immoderate clubs.

The schoolhouse would besides person to taxable to audits by the national government.

The Trump Administration said the determination is an effort to combat antisemitism connected campuses.

"When it comes to Harvard, the president's presumption connected this is grounded successful communal consciousness successful the basal rule that Jewish American students oregon students of immoderate religion should not beryllium illegally harassed and targeted connected our nation's assemblage campuses, and we unluckily saw that amerciable favoritism instrumentality spot connected the field of Harvard," said Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary.

Three days later, the schoolhouse wrote back, saying they've taken steps to combat antisemitism connected field and that they volition not judge the projected agreement.

Two days later, the Department of Homeland Security sent Harvard a letter, demanding elaborate records connected Harvard's overseas pupil visa holders oregon suffer its pupil and speech visitant programme certification.

Harvard fired back, saying it "will not surrender its independency oregon relinquish its law rights."

Andrew Crespo, a Harvard instrumentality professor, said this isn't astir antisemitism.

"This is the president who, erstwhile helium was campaigning for office, said that helium didn't similar what was taught astatine America's universities and that helium was going to bankrupt them unless they started teaching thing different," said Crespo.

On Wednesday, that defiance led the president to station connected Truth Social.

"Perhaps Harvard should suffer its Tax Exempt Status and beryllium Taxed arsenic a Political Entity if it keeps pushing political, ideological, and violent inspired/supporting "Sickness?" Trump wrote successful the post.

However, the White House has since clarified that immoderate actions taken by the IRS volition beryllium done independently by the President, and the investigations into violations of the taxation presumption began anterior to his post.

The medication had already blocked much than $2 cardinal successful backing from Harvard.

If the IRS does effort to extremity Harvard's tax-exempt status, which would person larger fiscal impacts, it would apt beryllium challenged successful court.

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