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Trump’s Harvard Revenge Plot Is Not Immigration Policy The Department of Homeland Security, under Kristi Noem, just stripped Harvard of its ability to enroll international students. Not because of fraud or legal violations—but because students dared to protest and, allegedly, Trump’s son didn’t get in. This isn’t immigration enforcement. This is petty revenge in executive drag. Let’s be honest: this isn’t about security. It’s about Trump feeling rejected—by academia, by multiculturalism, by facts—and now using the power of the state to lash out. Harvard said no. Obama got in. Barron maybe didn’t. So now thousands of legal visa-holding students are facing deportation. This would be laughable if it weren’t illegal. But it is. Deeply. Here’s a quick legal refresher for anyone in Congress who needs it: 1. Administrative Procedure Act (APA): Agencies can’t revoke SEVP certification just because they feel like it. They need to follow clear, fair procedures. DHS didn’t. A federal judge in California blocked this nationwide, calling it “arbitrary and disruptive.” Spoiler alert: that’s APA code for “illegal.” 2. Immigration and Nationality Act (INA): Students with valid F-1 and J-1 visas are here legally. You can’t mass-deport them just because Fox News didn’t like a protest sign. 3. First Amendment: Student protests—whether about Gaza, tuition, or cafeteria food—are constitutionally protected speech. Labeling dissent as “terrorist conduct” and punishing entire institutions for it is textbook viewpoint discrimination. 4. Fifth Amendment (Due Process and Equal Protection): These students are being targeted collectively with no due process, no individualized review, and no lawful cause. That’s unconstitutional. 5. Higher Education Autonomy: Using immigration law to pressure schools into silence is not only authoritarian—it undermines decades of legal precedent protecting academic independence. Let’s not pretend Kristi Noem’s Fox appearance was a policy rollout. Calling students “pro-terrorist” without evidence isn’t leadership—it’s incitement. It’s reckless, and it puts Muslim, Middle Eastern, and international students in physical danger. She even said more universities could be next. That’s not a warning. That’s a threat. And if Congress doesn’t step in now, this assault on academic freedom, civil liberties, and lawful immigration will spread. I urge you to: • Investigate DHS’s revocation of Harvard’s SEVP certification. • Subpoena all communications between DHS, the White House, and media figures about this action. • Pass legislation protecting international students from politically motivated enforcement. • Publicly censure Kristi Noem for abusing her office and inciting division. • Reaffirm through resolution that student protest is not terrorism. This is not about visas. It’s about vengeance—and Congress must not let it stand.