{"id":38988,"date":"2025-04-17T04:19:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T04:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/17\/harvard-under-fire-as-dhs-secretary-cuts-2-7m-in-grants-demands-visa-records-america-demands-more\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T04:19:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T04:19:47","slug":"harvard-under-fire-as-dhs-secretary-cuts-2-7m-in-grants-demands-visa-records-america-demands-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/17\/harvard-under-fire-as-dhs-secretary-cuts-2-7m-in-grants-demands-visa-records-america-demands-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard under fire as DHS secretary cuts $2.7M in grants, demands visa records: ‘America demands more’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem<\/a> canceled $2.7 million in DHS grants to Harvard University on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Noem announced the cancelation of two grants for the university, and declared the elite Massachusetts Ivy League institution “unfit to be entrusted with taxpayer dollars.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

The university has been ordered to submit records by April 30, or risk losing its certification to enroll international students under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP).<\/p>\n

“With anti-American, pro-Hamas ideology poisoning its campus and classrooms, Harvard\u2019s position as a top institution of higher learning<\/a> is a distant memory,” Noem said in the statement. “America demands more from universities entrusted with taxpayer dollars.”<\/p>\n

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The canceled grants include an $800,303 “Implementation Science for Targeted Violence Prevention” award, which DHS says classified conservatives as far-right extremists, and a $1,934,902 “Blue Campaign Program Evaluation and Violence Advisement” grant, which funded public health messaging that Noem\u2019s office described as ideologically skewed.<\/p>\n

The move follows President Donald Trump<\/a>‘s decision to freeze $2.2 billion in federal funding to Harvard and ask for the IRS to revoke its tax-exempt status<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The IRS is currently reviewing the university\u2019s 501(c)(3) nonprofit designation, according to sources within the Department of Justice<\/a> (DOJ). A final decision has not yet been made.<\/p>\n

In a social media post, Trump criticized Harvard\u2019s leadership and faculty, writing, “Harvard has been hiring almost all woke, Radical Left, idiots and \u2018birdbrains\u2019 who are only capable of teaching FAILURE to students and so-called \u2018future leaders.\u2019” He continued, “Harvard is a JOKE, teaches Hate and Stupidity, and should no longer receive Federal Funds.”<\/p>\n

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The DHS action comes amid a broader federal crackdown on campus antisemitism following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the months since, Harvard has faced criticism over antisemitic rhetoric and protests<\/a> involving students and faculty. Noem\u2019s letter references “foreign visa-holding rioters” and calls for Harvard to provide documentation of their conduct.<\/p>\n

With a $53.2 billion endowment, Harvard is one of the wealthiest institutions in the world. DHS emphasized that the university can afford to fund its own programs and should not rely on taxpayer money if it is not meeting federal standards for student conduct and institutional accountability.<\/p>\n

Harvard has not yet publicly responded to the termination of the grants or the DHS demand for records.<\/p>\n

The Department of Education is also scrutinizing the university. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon recently launched a review of more than $255.6 million in federal contracts and nearly $9 billion in grants involving Harvard and its affiliates.<\/p>\n

“Harvard\u2019s failure to protect students on campus from anti-Semitic discrimination \u2014 all while promoting divisive ideologies over free inquiry \u2014 has put its reputation in serious jeopardy,” McMahon said.<\/p>\n

This move comes shortly after similar action was taken against Columbia University, as the federal government steps up enforcement on institutions it says are failing to meet civil rights and national security obligations.<\/p>\n

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Noem’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.<\/p>\n

Fox News’ Andrea Margolis and Alexis McAdams contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem canceled $2.7 million in DHS grants to Harvard University on Wednesday. In a statement, Noem announced the cancelation of two grants for the university, and declared the elite Massachusetts Ivy League institution “unfit to be entrusted with taxpayer dollars.”\u00a0 The university has been ordered to submit records … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}