Kristi Noem on Harvard: 'The Law Is Clear'

One of the larger battles being fought between Harvard and the Trump administration is over the university's ability to admit foreign students, who currently make up 27% of the student body. In a Washington Post op-ed, Department of Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem lays out the administration's case and predicts eventual victory in the courts.

• "The law is clear: Every institution authorized to enroll international students has a legal obligation to comply with federal oversight and a moral obligation to provide basic safety for its American and foreign students of all stripes," she writes. "Harvard failed on both accounts."

Noem writes that the White House is justified in revoking Harvard's Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification because the university has failed to abide by its stipulations. Namely, "the university encouraged and fostered antisemitic extremism," "permitted hostile foreign influence to fester on campus," and "shielded individuals, many here on student visas, involved in conduct that warranted federal investigation." Harvard disputes this and is pushing back, but those interested in the administration's rationale can read Noem's piece in full here. In it, she accuses Harvard of turning the SEVP program into a "cash cow." (More Kristi Noem stories.)