Homeland Security Secretary Christie Noem on Wednesday Cancellation has been announced Of more than $2.7 million grants to Harvard amid tensions between the school and the Trump administration.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a press release Wednesday that Noem has announced two grant cancellations to value values of more than $2.7 million. DHS also said in a press release that the secretary requested a “detailed record of illegal and violent activities” of Harvard foreign student visa holders.
“Harvard bends its knees to anti-Semitism — driven by its spinless leadership, burning the Sespool of extremist riots and threatening our national security,” Noem said at his release.
“As anti-American, Prohama ideologies addiction to campus and classrooms, Harvard’s status as an institution of higher education is a distant memory. America demands more taxpayer dollars from universities entrusted with it,” she added.
Last week, the Trump administration called for Harvard to change multiple policies, including those relating to protest and diversity, equity and inclusion programs, to maintain federal funding. The school fired down demand on Monday.
“A government in power should not direct what private universities can teach, whom they can recognize and hire, and which areas of study and research can be pursued,” Harvard President Alan Gerber said in a message Monday to the university’s community.
The Trump administration said later Monday that around $2.2 billion in multi-year grants would be frozen at Harvard in the wake of school rejection of requests.
DHS said one of the grants for the announcement was “brand conservatives as far-right rebels in shockingly distorted research” worth $800,303 and “funding Harvard’s public health propaganda,” worth $1,934,902.
“Both undermine American values and security,” the DHS press release continued.
Oka reached out to Harvard for comment.
