
The letter isn’t enforceable. Removing tax exempt status is also unlawful. A president can’t directly or indirectly remove tax exempt status. What did Trump do? Tweet about it. That man is incapable of keeping his trap shut. |
https://apnews.com/article/trump-harvard-tax-exempt-status-international-students-07a10958bf078cb04b59d1fc9a3a27a8
Why does Harvard even enroll international students? |
You're right. Maybe smart, ambitious foreign students should just stay in their sh*thole countries. And mybe American students shuold stop syudying abroad, as well. |
Why do we want rich students from *those* countries? When there is so much unmet demand here in the US that is. I know they only want rich international Asians. |
Well said. Many foreign students, especially at top universities, steal intellectual property and engage in anti American activities. They are guests and they sh6be deported if they do not act like guests. |
It may be lawful speech, but there is an extra factor. Does Harvard treat all lawful speech the same way? |
+1 the million dollar question |
Groups have their tax exempt status removed all the time. If Harvard is not acting in the public interest, they can have their tax exempt status removed. Just as Bob Jones University had its tax exempt status removed because it didn't allow interracial dating. |
The US government has an interest in not having students who are supporters of the assassination of RFK and the attempted assassination of Josh Shapiro. If Harvard is not helping the US government in removing such students, then the government can solve this problem by simply noy giving any student visas for Harvard. They can also pull the tax exemption. |
Harvard should definitely screen their candidates for being anti-science conspiracy theory fascists. I’d hope that all of the top tier universities will joint them in screening their candidates for maga support and make sure that they are rejected and sent where they belong. Unlike fake universities like Bob Jones and Trump, Harvard will far outlive these presidential tantrums. |
Apple was started by a furener you know. Many of our companies are started by students who come from other countries and stay. We want the best and brightest to go to China? Our education is proving to be lacking. Our young people can’t even pass the military aptitude test. |
You might want to consult 26 USC 7217. A crime for the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President and any cabinet official to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer. |
Assuming this were a case where revocation was a realistic possibility (it isn't), it would be a 3-7 year process. |
What are you even talking about? We’ve yet to see any argument, much less a credible, sober one, suggesting that Harvard doesn’t treat all lawful speech the same way. All we’ve seen are false claims by the administration and blatant efforts to dismantle essential protections enshrined in the Constitution hundreds of years ago. However, what the administration is attempting to accomplish on college campuses (and in the public square) is explicitly designed to criminalize speech critical of a foreign state. And to require punishment of such speech that violates the core underpinnings of the Constitution. THAT would be failing to treat all speech the same way. |
Please link to the evidence you are basing your assertion on that “many foreign students, especially at top universities, steal intellectual property, and engage in anti-American activities.” |