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Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll international students

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blooalien wrote: post #87
xeromal wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, getting the worlds top brainiancs and enticing them with a good education and having some of them build their lives here is one of our greatest imports.

"The worlds top brainiacs" were a huge part of what "Made America Great" in the first place. The MAGA "leadership" is doing the exact literal polar opposite of the stated mission of their slogan (and with far more than just education; wrecking the economy, alienating our allies, destroying freedom of speech, enabling and even encouraging pollution [and trying to even mandate it in California apparently] ... the list…

MAGA sincerely thinks they’re the real brainiacs.

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Post by helpful_friend »

HEmanZ wrote: post #21

I feel US higher education, which brain drains the rest of the world, is easily one of the best strategic advantages it could have for the next 100 years. Let’s throw that all away because learning is liberal.

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Post by vediflo »

adamors wrote: post #29
ivape wrote: post #28

I am going to get downvoted and flagged because I will bring up a topic that is not to be discussed here: From a similar CNN article: "Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ordered her department to terminate Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification, making good on a promise made last month when she demanded the university hand over detailed records on its international students’ “illegal and vi…

It could be Gaza protesters sure but it could be anyone. Previously legal residents were deported for minor traffic violations. They’re trying to hit some targets for deportation numbers and shipping home “criminal” foreign students is an easy win.

Of course it's about the Gaza protestors, let's not pretend otherwise.

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Post by CGMthrowaway »

anigbrowl wrote: post #47
dekhn wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The probability of impeachment succeeding at this time is effectively zero.

Anything difficult is effectively impossible until you decide to begin working on it.

A few million to Fusion GPS would be a good start

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Post by insane_dreamer »

ivape wrote: post #33
adamors wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It could be Gaza protesters sure but it could be anyone. Previously legal residents were deported for minor traffic violations. They’re trying to hit some targets for deportation numbers and shipping home “criminal” foreign students is an easy win.

No, it can't be anyone. Please don't do this. This is about the Palestinian situation. They tried to pressure the TikTok purchase so they change their algorithm to show less Gaza deaths. It is simply about that, and there is also a money trail of top donors that corroborate this. They also made a show of arresting the Columbia Palestinian organizer. They are not looking for illegal Mexicans in the Ivy League.

Yes, the Admin is even more pro-Israel (and by that I mean pro-Israeli gov/Netanyahu) than previous ones. But it's also using accusations of anti-Semitism at these universities as a cover to generally bring these "liberal" institutions to heel (as outlined in Project2025).

So it's not really about Gaza, Palestinians, or Jews. It's about control.

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