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BumRushDaShow

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Sun May 25, 2025, 06:27 PM May 25

Trump says he wants 'names and countries' of all international students at Harvard [View all]

Source: USA Today

May 25, 2025, 2:44 pm. ET


Donald Trump said he wants the "names and countries" of every international student enrolled at Harvard University, another step in the president's crackdown on the Ivy League school. He made the request in a Truth Social post May 25, days after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration's effort to bar the university from enrolling anyone in the United States on a student visa.

"We want to know who those foreign students are, a reasonable request since we give Harvard BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, but Harvard isn’t exactly forthcoming," Trump wrote. "We want those names and countries." Trump didn't immediately say how the federal government would use that information, or which part of his administration would manage such lists. USA TODAY has reached out to the White House for more information.

Trump's post comes after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sent a letter to Harvard leaders saying the university's participation in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program would be terminated "effective immediately." That's a critical prerequisite for colleges and universities to enroll international students. All international students would need to transfer to another university to stay in the United States, she said.

Harvard then sued the administration, calling the move a "blatant violation" of the First Amendment's protections, as well as the 14th Amendment's guarantees of due process and other legal rights. Judge Allison Burroughs, appointed by former President Barack Obama, on May 23 sided with the school in a temporary order. She wrote in her decision that the policy would bring "immediate and irreparable injury" to Harvard's campus.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/25/trump-harvard-international-student-names/83852222007/

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Doesn't the government actually have that information? dem4decades May 25 #1
The US govt has their visa information. Irish_Dem May 25 #2
Or maybe Trump fired everyone that's capable of doing their job. dem4decades May 25 #6
Yep, it was just off-the-cuff bullying to feed his power psychosis William Seger May 25 #19
That was my first thought too - it's on the Visas they were issued BumRushDaShow May 25 #5
Of course it does. TomSlick May 25 #11
Yes, but its posting on truth social is a thinly-veiled call to violence by the maga malitia PSPS May 25 #16
He is playing to his base on this one meThinks..nt mitch96 May 26 #25
The bully has to bully and it's Harvard's turn. Deuxcents May 25 #3
He talks like it's his money Retrograde May 25 #9
I know! Everything is about money, or the deal that will benefit him. Deuxcents May 25 #12
What a thin skinned imbecile. Go to hell Dingdongfuhrer. Dave Bowman May 25 #4
Or else what. Nothing. He's got a State Dept for that. ancianita May 25 #7
He huffs and he puffs trying to knock Harvard down. sheshe2 May 25 #8
Oh no...MAGA will boycott Harvard... sop May 25 #10
Reminds me of this blast from the past RW "scholar" wolfie001 May 25 #17
Straight out of Nixon's playbook SouthBayDem May 25 #13
Makin a list and checkin it twice... ananda May 25 #14
I want Trump to take a long walk on a short pier. Jack Valentino May 25 #15
This will go over like a lead balloon in Belgium. greatauntoftriplets May 25 #18
Good point!!! Rhiannon12866 May 26 #20
Okay, I want the names and locations of those who have been propping you up, Mr. President. OldBaldy1701E May 26 #21
Why SADAR May 26 #22
I want the names barbtries May 26 #23
You just gotta have BumRushDaShow May 26 #24
And we want the names and countries truthisfreedom May 26 #26
Why? So he can visit the girl's dorms? mdbl May 26 #27
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