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New York Times
15 hours ago
- Politics
- New York Times
Trump Administration to Appeal Order Allowing International Students at Harvard
The Trump administration said on Friday that it would appeal a district court judge's order blocking a proclamation that seeks to bar international students from attending Harvard. The notice of appeal, filed in federal court in Boston, further escalates a fight that started in May between the administration and Harvard over the enrollment of international students. The fight continued this month with an unusual White House proclamation on June 4, which accused Harvard of 'entanglements with foreign counties, including our adversaries.' The proclamation specifically referenced donations to Harvard from Chinese entities. On Monday, Judge Allison D. Burroughs of the U.S. District Court in Boston blocked its enforcement, accusing the Trump administration in a strongly worded order of 'misplaced efforts to control a reputable academic institution and squelch diverse viewpoints seemingly because they are, in some instances, opposed to this administration's own views.' She also chastised the government's attempts 'to accomplish this, at least in part, on the backs of international students, with little thought to the consequences to them or, ultimately, to our own citizens.' Judge Burroughs's order was set to remain in effect until Harvard's lawsuit against the administration was resolved. The Trump administration, in its fight with Harvard, had invoked a 70-year-old law intended to bar foreign enemies from the United States, suggesting that the university's international enrollment posed a national security threat. Judge Burroughs attacked the logic of the Trump administration's argument as 'absurd.' Lawyers for the administration cited a Supreme Court case that upheld President Trump's 2017 ban on visas for travelers from several majority Muslim countries. Harvard, known for its global prestige and influence, hosts about 7,000 international students and scholars each year, including about 2,000 recent graduates. They make up about 25 percent of the student body. While the case is being appealed, Harvard has said that it is developing contingency plans so that some international students may be able to study remotely, as they did during the pandemic, or at international locations. The Kennedy School of Government at Harvard said this week that it was making arrangements to partner with the University of Toronto to host some students there.
Fox News
06-06-2025
- Business
- Fox News
Chinese chemical bust by border officials underscores multifront effort by CCP to undermine US
Mexican drug cartels are getting help from the Chinese to build their drug empire that feeds off American consumers. Border patrol officials intercepted 50,000 kilos of precursor chemicals this week used in the process of manufacturing methamphetamines, sent from China and intended for members of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico. In addition to providing the cartels with the chemicals needed to make illicit drugs, Chinese entities are also one of the foremost actors in helping them launder their proceeds, according to the Treasury Department. "For far too long, the Mexican drug cartels have raked in billions of dollars at the expense of our local communities leaving nothing but addiction, death and despair in their wake," said Chad Plantz, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge in Houston. "This initiative provides HSI with a game-changing method to stay one step ahead of the cartels by disrupting the flow of chemicals that they depend on to produce illicit narcotics." The seizure was part of an ongoing initiative launched in 2019 to identify suspicious shipments of precursor chemicals from China, India and other countries that are destined for Mexican drug cartels. Since the initiative was established, officials have interdicted more than 1,700,000 kilograms of chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamines and fentanyl, including a seizure this past March of 44,000 kilograms of precursor chemicals at the Port of Houston, destined for the Sinaloa Cartel. Immigration officials' bust comes amid news of a spate of other incidents involving Chinese nationals or individuals working for China who have engaged in espionage efforts, ranging from agroterroism and selling military secrets, to infiltrating U.S. universities and utilizing American-based products to sow political divisions online. In the latest incident, two Chinese nationals were charged with allegedly smuggling a "dangerous biological pathogen" into the U.S. to study at a University of Michigan laboratory. This happened amid controversy over the Trump administration's effort to intensify visa scrutiny for Chinese nationals trying to enter the United States. Last month, an expansive investigation by a group of Stanford students detailed how there is a culture of students and faculty at their school doing work for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The report highlighted how some students want to work with the Chinese government, such as through sharing intellectual property or aligning their research priorities with Chinese interests, while others are sometimes coerced into doing work for the CCP, particularly if they have family back in Beijing. Meanwhile, just this week, reports of Chinese efforts to steal U.S. state secrets or sow political divisions have surfaced. On Friday, the Department of Justice indicted two Chinese nationals and a lawful permanent resident for conspiring to traffic sensitive American military technology to the CCP. Over the weekend, a British businessman was arrested for attempting to smuggle sensitive U.S. military components to China. American artifical intelligence company OpenAI this week also shutdown a Chinese-linked influence operation that was utilizing its ChatGPT product to generate social media posts and sow political division related to U.S. politics online. "The new visa policy is long overdue," Congresswoman Michele Steel said. "After four years of willful ignorance – or gross incompetence – under the Biden administration, President Trump has wasted no time in directing his administration to take the decisive, necessary action to finally thwart the pervasive and growing threat of Chinese communist espionage."
