'Detrimental to students' dreams': Raghav Chadha backs Harvard following Trump's foreign students ban diktat
PTC News Desk: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha has strongly criticised US President Donald Trump's decision to bar the Ivy League institution to enroll foreign students. Chadha who is a Harvard University alumnus has called the move detrimental to dreams and furure of international students while urging protection of academic freedom and promotion of global collaboration.
Raghav Chadha expressed his solidarity with the students affected by the policy.
Taking to social media, Chadha wrote, "President Trump's recent move threatens the dreams and futures of international students at Harvard and beyond. As a proud member of the Harvard community, I wear my colours to show support for inclusion and academic freedom."
President Trump’s recent move threatens the dreams and futures of international students at Harvard and beyond. As a proud member of the Harvard community, I wear my colours to show support for inclusion and academic freedom. I stand with @Harvard and all international students… pic.twitter.com/DCPS6yr227 — Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) May 23, 2025
Meanwhile, the university condemned the decision as both unlawful and unwarranted and said that the decision "imperils the futures of thousands of students and scholars."
AAP MP's remarks follows Trump administraion's dictat issued earlier this week which revoked the institution's ability to enrol international students citing unsafe campus environment by allowing anti-American students on the campus.
Harvard enrols almost 6,800 foreign students at its campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, accounting for more than a quarter of its student body. Most are graduate students, coming from more than 100 countries.
Harvard and the Trump administration have been engaged in a conflict for months as the administration demands the university make changes to the programming of the institution, hiring and administration to remove on-campus antisemitism and remove what it termed "racist 'diversity, equity and inclusion' practices."
The administration has targeted foreign students and employees, whom it believes were part of the contentious campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war.
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