“The statement is pretty obviously wrong,” said Ilya Somin, a professor of law at George Mason University who is an expert on constitutional law and migration rights. “Many countries have birthright citizenship, though in some of them the rules are different from those in the US.”
Trump administration officials have said some of Harvard’s international students are promoting antisemitism on campus. But the ban on international students has “nothing to do with combating antisemitism,” said Jacob Miller, a former president of Harvard Hillel, who is graduating this week with math and economics concentrations.“Antisemitism is a real problem. It’s a problem at Harvard. It’s a problem in our country,” Miller said Tuesday at a rally outside Harvard Yard. “These policies will do nothing to combat this age-old hatred. Instead, they are designed to divide us. ... The Jewish community rejects this administration’s narrative. We will not allow our identities to be invoked to destroy Harvard.”
Harvard President Alan Garber earlier this month said the university has madeover the past year and a half, including a broad strategy to combat antisemitism. He said Harvard would not budge on its “its core, legally-protected principles” over fears of retaliation.Harvard’s international students await further court rulings to find out whether they can enroll in summer or fall classes. Some say they’re discussing backup plans.
The government’s ban would not apply to students graduating this week, such as Jemma Liu, a Chinese student who studied landscape architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.“I hope the situation will resolve,” she said Tuesday. “We’ll have to see what happens next. But I do feel a privilege that I can actually graduate tomorrow.”
“What the international students are caught in right now is just a limbo,” said Leo Gerdén, a graduating senior from Sweden.
Japan’s government said Tuesday that it’s looking for ways to help Harvard’s foreign students. Education Minister Toshiko Abe told reporters she planned to ask Japanese universities to compile measures to support international students.“These are the cards that we were dealt,” Moreau said. “We’re going to see what our cards are really worth. So, I’m excited to figure it out.”
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — There was no Sam Reinhart, no Niko Mikkola and no A.J. Greer for the Florida Panthers in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals.There were also no goals. And Panthers coach Paul Maurice doesn’t mind that Tuesday just became a learning day instead of a celebration day.
The Panthers were denied a chance of clinching a berth in the Stanley Cup Final on Monday night,. Florida was without Reinhart for the second straight game, and didn’t have Mikkola — a two-goal scorer in Game 3 — or Greer after both got hurt Saturday.