The Harvard University targeted by a survey by the Congress Republicans

The Republicans of the US Congress announced Thursday, April 17, having launched an investigation into Harvard. Through this new attack, the Trumpist camp accuses the prestigious university of having violated equality laws.

The Trump administration has hired a financial showdown for several weeks with several American universities, accused of having left anti -Semitism prospering during student movements against the war in Gaza. Among its targets, Harvard University saw $ 2.2 billion in frozen grants after rejecting the requirements of the United States government. Donald Trump threatens to go even further by removing the tax exemption granted to Harvard, whom he accused of spreading the “Haine and [l]‘Imbecity “. “I think Harvard is a shame. I think what they are doing is a shame ”he added on Thursday in front of the press, in the oval office, while putting his involvement in the case, “Managed by lawyers”.

In their letter announcing the opening of a parliamentary investigation, the Republican elected officials mean to the presidency of the university that they will control his “Lack of compliance with civil rights laws”and in particular discrimination based on origins. “Harvard seems so incapable or reluctant to prevent illegal discrimination that the institution, on your order, refuses to consider a reasonable settlement agreement proposed by federal officials and intended to put Harvard in accordance with the law”write the president of the investigative committee of the House of Representatives, James Comer, and the elected representative Elise Stefanik. “No institution has the right to violate the law”they add to the university president, Alan Garber.

This episode is added to another threat launched Wednesday by the Trump administration, which plans to ban the University from welcoming foreign students if it does not accept to submit to a control in terms of admission, hiring and political orientation.

University resistance

The end of failure to notify the Presidency of the University to Donald Trump was welcomed by many teachers and students as a rare sign of resistance, while the New York University Columbia agreed to initiate reforms under pressure from the Republican.

Harvard staff and students mobilized against the Trump administration by demonstrating Thursday on the Cambridge campus, near Boston, according to a research manager, Avi Steinberg. “They want Harvard to hold the promises made to his students and his teachers to protect each student on the campus, to protect the teaching staff and in particular freedom of expression”he explained to the France-Presse agency (AFP).

The institution, which has around 30,000 students, has been solidly installed for years at the top of the Shanghai world Shanghai ranking of higher education establishments. Like other campuses, she is in the viewfinder of the conservatives who have hired an offensive against the American universities that they consider too much on the left for years.

The offensive redoubled during student mobilizations for the Palestinian people and against the war waged by Israel in Gaza, who raised many criticisms of the lack of protection of Jewish students on campuses.