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Trump administration targets Harvard's tax-exempt status and international students

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Homeland Security orders Harvard to turn over “detailed records’ of its foreign student visa holders ’ “illegal and violent activities” by April 30 .

The federal government has already frozen more than $2 billion in grants and contracts to the Ivy League institution.

“I think Harvard ’s a disgrace,” President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday .

The House Oversight Committee says it will open an investigation into Harvard .

Harvard President Alan Garber said Monday that the university would not bend to the government’s demands.

The White House announced the freeze of more than $2.2 billion in multi-year grants and $60 million in contracts.

Conservative strategist Christopher Rufo said Harvard has discriminated against white and Asian American students.

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75

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73

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46

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formal

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English

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64

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