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WASHINGTON, May 29 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the number of international students at Harvard University should be capped at about 15 percent, while continuing to press the university to submit its list of international students.
“Harvard needs to show us their lists,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “They have international students. About 31 percent of their students are international. Almost 31 percent. We want to know where these students are coming from. Are they troublemakers?”
D. Trump claims that many of these students were involved in disturbances “caused by the radical left-wing lunatics in this country.”
“I think there should be a cap, about 15 percent, not 31 percent, because we have people who want to go to Harvard and other schools that they can’t go to because we have foreign students there,” the president said.
Since returning to the White House, Trump has targeted many US universities, warning that those who do not adjust their policies will face funding cuts. The Trump administration’s top demands include rooting out anti-Semitism on campuses and ending diversity initiatives that favor minority groups.
According to Harvard, international students accounted for more than 27 percent of the total undergraduate student body as of fall 2023. The university currently has about 6,800 international students and scholars from more than 140 countries and regions, most of whom are pursuing graduate studies. –0–