Harvard skips deadline to provide international student records
FOX 13 Seattle
[{'start': '0.320', 'end': '3.840', 'text': 'The standoff between Harvard University'}, {'start': '2.240', 'end': '6.000', 'text': 'and the Trump administration is'}, {'start': '3.840', 'end': '7.839', 'text': 'intensifying. The Ivy League school'}, {'start': '6.000', 'end': '9.040', 'text': "skipped yesterday's deadline to hand"}, {'start': '7.839', 'end': '10.960', 'text': 'over documents to the federal'}, {'start': '9.040', 'end': '12.639', 'text': 'government. Kennedy Hayes is live'}, {'start': '10.960', 'end': '14.480', 'text': 'outside of Harvard in Cambridge,'}, {'start': '12.639', 'end': '17.840', 'text': 'Massachusetts. So, Kennedy, what exactly'}, {'start': '14.480', 'end': '19.439', 'text': 'is the government demanding here?'}, {'start': '17.840', 'end': '21.279', 'text': 'Hi, Matthew. Well, the Department of'}, {'start': '19.439', 'end': '23.279', 'text': 'Homeland Security says Harvard'}, {'start': '21.279', 'end': '25.439', 'text': "University's decision not to hand over"}, {'start': '23.279', 'end': '27.680', 'text': 'records could put the future of its'}, {'start': '25.439', 'end': '30.560', 'text': 'ability to enroll international students'}, {'start': '27.680', 'end': '33.120', 'text': 'in jeopardy. Now, DHS Secretary Christy'}, {'start': '30.560', 'end': '34.880', 'text': 'Gnome gave Harvard until midnight last'}, {'start': '33.120', 'end': '36.480', 'text': 'night to turn over records on'}, {'start': '34.880', 'end': '38.879', 'text': 'international students allegedly'}, {'start': '36.480', 'end': '41.600', 'text': 'involved in quote illegal and violent'}, {'start': '38.879', 'end': '43.800', 'text': 'activities. Gnome is demanding info on'}, {'start': '41.600', 'end': '46.160', 'text': 'discipline visas and protest'}, {'start': '43.800', 'end': '48.320', 'text': 'participation. DHS sent Harvard the'}, {'start': '46.160', 'end': '50.800', 'text': 'letter in midappril following months of'}, {'start': '48.320', 'end': '53.199', 'text': 'campus protests described by some as pro'}, {'start': '50.800', 'end': '55.199', 'text': 'Palestinian and others as anti-semitic.'}, {'start': '53.199', 'end': '56.960', 'text': 'The move is part of a broader fight'}, {'start': '55.199', 'end': '58.640', 'text': 'between the Trump administration and'}, {'start': '56.960', 'end': '60.800', 'text': 'universities it claims are not'}, {'start': '58.640', 'end': '62.239', 'text': 'protecting Jewish students. A couple'}, {'start': '60.800', 'end': '63.760', 'text': 'weeks ago, the department accused'}, {'start': '62.239', 'end': '65.680', 'text': 'Harvard of allowing a hostile'}, {'start': '63.760', 'end': '67.439', 'text': 'environment on campus for Jewish'}, {'start': '65.680', 'end': '69.040', 'text': 'students after Harvard initially'}, {'start': '67.439', 'end': '71.520', 'text': "rejected the federal government's"}, {'start': '69.040', 'end': '73.600', 'text': 'demands for a series of policy changes.'}, {'start': '71.520', 'end': '76.880', 'text': 'The Trump administration froze more than'}, {'start': '73.600', 'end': '78.799', 'text': "$2 billion in federal funds. Harvard's"}, {'start': '76.880', 'end': '81.280', 'text': 'now suing the government, calling the'}, {'start': '78.799', 'end': '82.720', 'text': 'funding freeze unconstitutional. And in'}, {'start': '81.280', 'end': '84.640', 'text': 'a letter to students yesterday,'}, {'start': '82.720', 'end': '86.479', 'text': "Harvard's executive vice president said"}, {'start': '84.640', 'end': '88.640', 'text': 'in part, "In our response, the'}, {'start': '86.479', 'end': '90.880', 'text': 'university reiterated our steadfast'}, {'start': '88.640', 'end': '92.640', 'text': 'commitment to sponsor the visas that'}, {'start': '90.880', 'end': '94.880', 'text': 'facilitate our international student'}, {'start': '92.640', 'end': '96.799', 'text': 'study at Harvard." Additionally, we made'}, {'start': '94.880', 'end': '99.520', 'text': 'clear that Harvard does not seek to'}, {'start': '96.799', 'end': '102.079', 'text': 'withdraw from SEVP, its student and'}, {'start': '99.520', 'end': '103.759', 'text': 'exchange visitor program. This morning,'}, {'start': '102.079', 'end': '106.479', 'text': 'the White House deputy chief of staff'}, {'start': '103.759', 'end': '108.720', 'text': 'and his and his staff had this warning'}, {'start': '106.479', 'end': '110.399', 'text': 'for schools he says are violating the'}, {'start': '108.720', 'end': '112.640', 'text': 'law.'}, {'start': '110.399', 'end': '114.320', 'text': 'So, universities are on notice and'}, {'start': '112.640', 'end': '116.240', 'text': 'universities are already facing the'}, {'start': '114.320', 'end': '118.560', 'text': 'financial consequences of their'}, {'start': '116.240', 'end': '119.920', 'text': 'non-compliance with federal law. The the'}, {'start': '118.560', 'end': '121.680', 'text': "clearest example that we're all familiar"}, {'start': '119.920', 'end': '124.079', 'text': 'with, of course, being Harvard, which is'}, {'start': '121.680', 'end': '125.840', 'text': 'engaged in repeat, systemic, and'}, {'start': '124.079', 'end': '128.640', 'text': 'sustained violations of federal civil'}, {'start': '125.840', 'end': '130.720', 'text': 'rights law.'}, {'start': '128.640', 'end': '132.720', 'text': 'More than a thousand foreign students'}, {'start': '130.720', 'end': '134.640', 'text': 'across the US have already had their'}, {'start': '132.720', 'end': '136.480', 'text': 'visas revoked. And as of right now,'}, {'start': '134.640', 'end': '139.040', 'text': 'Harvard University says it still plans'}, {'start': '136.480', 'end': '141.599', 'text': 'on welcoming international students next'}, {'start': '139.040', 'end': '141.599', 'text': 'year.'}]