The Trump Administration Joint Task Force to combat anti -Semitism announced that it is freezing more than $ 2 billion in subsidies and contracts for several years to Harvard University in Massachusetts, after the president of the school issued a communication region saying the demand of the administration.
“Harvard’s statement today reinforces the worrying mentality of rights that is endemic in the most prestigious universities and schools of our nations, that federal investment does not have the responsibility of defending civil rights laws,” said the working group. “The interruption of learning that has affected campus in recent years is unacceptable. The harassment of Jewish students is intolerable.
“It’s time for elite universities to take the problem seriously and commit to significant change if they want continuous support for taxpayers,” the statement continued. “The joint work group to combat anti -Semitism is announcing a freezing of $ 2.2 billion in subsidies of several years and $ 60 million in contractual value of several years to Harvard University.”
The decision occurs after Harvard University President Alan M. Garber said the school would not meet the demands of the Trump administration, despite the possibility that the Ivy League school lost federal funds.
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The Trump administrator froze more than $ 2.2B in subsidies to Harvard. (AP)
In his letter, Garber said the federal government has threatened with its associations with several universities, including Harvard, about accusations of anti -Semitism on their campus.
Hey, also noted that the Trump administration issued an updated and extended list of demands, saying that if the school plans to maintain a financial relationship with the federal government, it must be fine.
“It makes it clear that intention is not to work with us to address anti -Semitism in a cooperative and constructive way,” Garber wrote. “We have informed the Administration through our legal advisor that we will not accept its proposed agreement.”
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Harvard said he would not meet the demands of Trump’s administrations. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The representative Elise Stefanik, RN.y., who graduated from Harvard in 2006, started the response of the Ivy League school, saying in part: “… Harvard University has gained its place as the epitome of moral and academic rot in higher education.”
“I was by the radical Groupthink Far Left Facey, INEPT University Leadership, Donations by Foreign Adversaries, and Pro Hamas Terrorists, Harvard Has Fully Embraged and Tolerated the Raging Antisemitismm Threating The Lives, and Stephetings, and Stephetings, and Stephets, and Stephets, and Stephets, and Stepheties, and Stephety, “” And Stephety, “” and Stephety, “” and Stephety, “and Stephety,” “” and Stephety “,” and Stephety “,” and Stephety. “It is time to completely cut the funds of US taxpayers to this institution that has not fulfilled its founding motto. Defund Harvard.”
The governor of Massachusetts, Maura Healey, praised Harvard’s decision not to retire to the Trump administration.
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Governor Maura Healey, D-Mass., Praise Harvard. (Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg through Getty Images)
Specifically, he thanked Harvard and Garber for his leadership in defending education and freedom when he stopped, what he called, the “shameless attempt of the administration of intimidating schools.”
“We all agree that anti -Semitism does not take place in the United States and that it should be fought in the workplace, classrooms and everywhere,” said Healey. “Fulfilling the dangerous demands of the Trump administration would have made us all less safe.”
President Donald Trump has suspended federal funds to all IVY leagues, in addition to Penn and Dartmouth, on research on antiisraeli protests that have taken place in their campus since October 2023. Financing for dozens of other universities has also been affected by investigations for the same reason.
Earlier this month, a federal working group against semitism announced a review of federal Harvard subsidies and contracts, with a value of almost $ 9 billion, while the university faces an investigation into the anti -Semitism of the campus.
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The Trump administration has promised to be more aggressive by putting an end to the semitism of the campus after saying that President Joe Biden did not hold universities for their violent protests.
The administration has also made movements to stop and deport foreign students who participated or questar antiisraelis protests in American universities.
Elizabeth Pritchett and The Associated Press of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.