Harvard University is 140 years older than the United States, has an endowment greater than the G.D.P. of nearly 100 countries and has educated eight American presidents. So if an institution was going to stand up to the Trump administration’s war on academia, Harvard would be at the top of the list. Harvard did that…
The birth anniversary of the architect of India’s Constitution and the crusader against inequality Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was celebrated at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York. The Permanent Mission of India to the UN organised the event. Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale addressed the function….
Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident living in White River Junction and a graduate student at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, was detained Monday morning at a US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) office. He had arrived expecting to complete his naturalisation interview. Instead, plainclothes agents with covered faces and guns took him…
Mohsen Mahdawi, an organizer of pro-Palestinian demonstrations last year at Columbia University, was detained by immigration officials on Monday after arriving for an appointment in Vermont that he thought was a step toward becoming a U.S. citizen, his lawyers said. Hours later, Mr. Mahdawi’s mother, older sister and lawyers were scrambling to find him after…
Follow live updates on the Trump administration. As he finished lunch in the private dining room outside the Oval Office on April 1, President Trump floated an astounding proposal: What if the government simply canceled every dollar of the nearly $9 billion promised to Harvard University? The administration’s campaign to expunge “woke” ideology from college…
An immigration judge in Louisiana found on Friday that the Trump administration could deport Mahmoud Khalil, granting the government an early victory in its efforts to crack down on pro-Palestinian demonstrations on U.S. college campuses. The ruling is far from the final word on whether Mr. Khalil, a Columbia University graduate and legal permanent resident,…
An immigration judge in Louisiana ruled on Friday that Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported from the US, citing national security risk linked to his participation in pro-Palestinian campus protests. Immigration Judge Jamee E Comans stated that the US government provided “clear and convincing evidence” that Khalil’s presence in the country could…
The American Council on Education (ACE) and 15 other higher educational associations have written a letter to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem raising concerns over the spate of student visa cancellations. The letter, dated April 4, cites the growing cases of sudden cancellation of visas of students…
The Trump administration may seek to have a federal judge enforce any deal it reaches with Columbia University in an arrangement that could ensure that the White House has a hand in the school’s dealings for years to come, according to four people with knowledge of the matter. Administration officials are discussing the possibility of…
Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil on Thursday said that they would seek testimony from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who argues that though Mr. Khalil committed no crimes, his very presence in the United States enables antisemitism. Mr. Khalil, a Columbia University graduate who led pro-Palestinian demonstrations on the campus last year, has been detained by…