Hundreds of Harvard University students staged a massive protest on Tuesday after the administration of US President Donald Trump announced, it would cancel all the remaining federal contracts with the university, an aggressive step estimates that the institution estimates the cost of $ 100 million.The decision is part of the widespread cracks on the elite universities of President Donald Trump, accusing him of promoting liberal bias and antisemitism, which made an immediate return to the campus. The protesters held a rally against what the protesters have seen as an authoritarian overrech designed to punish educational freedom and international inclusion.Students rally amid graduation studiesWhen gathered near the Harvard Yard a few days before graduation, the students waved the placard and “Trump = traitor” and “which is in class today? Let them live! This step keeps thousands of international students and scholars in Limbo, with many now facing exile or forced transfer.“I am graduating this week, and instead of celebrating, I am protesting here,” Senior Alice Gair said, donating her academic gown. “My international classmates don’t know if they will also be allowed to live.”The Homeland Security Department had earlier canceled the Authority of Harvard to host foreign students, one of the several punitive measures aimed at forcing the university to overhall its curriculum, admission process and DEI programs.Trump’s growing war on academiaThe financial cuts announced on Tuesday are the latest in a series of attacks against Harvard by the Trump administration. Billions of federal grants are already frozen, and many legal challenges are now running to reversed measures.On Monday, Trump labeled foreign students in Harvard as “radical lunatics” and vowed to “purify the system”.Legal experts say that the administration’s action is unlikely to be in court. “The matter is so strong that the courts will not let the stand go to this stand,” said Professor of a law of Albani Law School.Courts intervene – for nowA judge has issued a temporary preventive order on the student and exchange visitor program cancellation, with a complete hearing on Thursday, matches with the ceremony of Harvard starting.The bets are high for international students, who make 27% of the body of Harvard. Many people now fear that they may be forced to leave the country as soon as they complete their degrees.British student Jack, who refused to give his full name, said that the decline could affect Harvard’s global status. “Cloud may pass, but the damage is done. If I was applying for PhD today, I will not choose America.”Alumni, Faculty joins legal pushbacksAlumni are also stepping. On 9 June, a group called Crimson Karez planned to file a class-action case against the administration. Faculty members say the standoff has already damaged Harvard’s educational reputation.Professor Ryan Enos said at the rally, “I had a colleague abroad that they are now warning students against applying to American universities.” “It’s heartbreaking.”California Governor Gavin Newsome, who clashed with Trump on education policy, called the attacks on Harvard “a betrayal of American values”.
