DHS Secretary Kristi Noem cuts $2.7M in Harvard grants, calls for visa data

[ad_1] Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem canceled $2.7 million in DHS grants to Harvard College on Wednesday.

In a press release, Noem introduced the cancelation of two grants for the college, and declared the elite Massachusetts Ivy League establishment "unfit to be entrusted with taxpayer {dollars}."

The college has been ordered to submit data by April 30, or danger shedding its certification to enroll worldwide college students below the Pupil and Trade Customer Program (SEVP).

"With anti-American, pro-Hamas ideology poisoning its campus and school rooms, Harvard’s place as a prime institution of higher learning is a distant reminiscence," Noem mentioned within the assertion. "America calls for extra from universities entrusted with taxpayer {dollars}."

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The canceled grants embody an $800,303 "Implementation Science for Focused Violence Prevention" award, which DHS says labeled conservatives as far-right extremists, and a $1,934,902 "Blue Marketing campaign Program Analysis and Violence Advisement" grant, which funded public well being messaging that Noem’s workplace described as ideologically skewed.

The transfer follows President Donald Trump 's resolution to freeze $2.2 billion in federal funding to Harvard and ask for the IRS to revoke its tax-exempt status .

Individuals stroll by a gate as they exit Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard College in Cambridge, Mass. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP through Getty Photographs)

The IRS is at present reviewing the college’s 501(c)(3) nonprofit designation, based on sources throughout the Department of Justice (DOJ). A last resolution has not but been made.

In a social media put up, Trump criticized Harvard’s management and college, writing, "Harvard has been hiring nearly all woke, Radical Left, idiots and ‘birdbrains’ who're solely able to instructing FAILURE to college students and so-called ‘future leaders.’" He continued, "Harvard is a JOKE, teaches Hate and Stupidity, and will not obtain Federal Funds."

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The DHS motion comes amid a broader federal crackdown on campus antisemitism following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas assault on Israel.

Within the months since, Harvard has confronted criticism over antisemitic rhetoric and protests involving college students and college. Noem’s letter references "international visa-holding rioters" and requires Harvard to offer documentation of their conduct.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem listens as President Donald Trump speaks within the Oval Workplace on the White Home, April 9, in Washington, D.C. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Put up through Getty Photographs)

With a $53.2 billion endowment, Harvard is among the wealthiest establishments on the earth. DHS emphasised that the college can afford to fund its personal packages and shouldn't depend on taxpayer cash if it's not assembly federal requirements for scholar conduct and institutional accountability.

Harvard has not but publicly responded to the termination of the grants or the DHS demand for data.

The Division of Training can also be scrutinizing the college. Secretary of Training Linda McMahon just lately launched a assessment of greater than $255.6 million in federal contracts and almost $9 billion in grants involving Harvard and its associates.

Kristi Noem, secretary of the Division of Homeland Safety. (Ken Cedeno/UPI/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs)

"Harvard’s failure to guard college students on campus from anti-Semitic discrimination — all whereas selling divisive ideologies over free inquiry — has put its repute in critical jeopardy," McMahon mentioned.

This transfer comes shortly after related motion was taken towards Columbia College, because the federal authorities steps up enforcement on establishments it says are failing to satisfy civil rights and nationwide safety obligations.