与哈佛大学斗争数月后,特朗普表示即将达成“历史性”协议

与哈佛大学斗争数月后,特朗普表示即将达成“历史性”协议

【中美创新时报2025年6月21日编译讯】(记者温友平编译)特朗普政府对哈佛大学的高调施压活动在周五出现了意外转折,总统在未透露任何细节的情况下宣布,政府一直在与哈佛大学进行谈判,并且他们即将达成一项将被证明“具有‘令人难以置信的’历史性”的协议。《波士顿环球报》记者艾丹·瑞安迈克·达米亚诺和布鲁克·豪瑟对此作了下述报道。

周五早些时候, 波士顿一名联邦法官阻止了政府禁止美国历史最悠久的 大学接收国际学生的行动,至少目前如此。这是哈佛大学在法庭上取得的最新胜利,目前该校正在对特朗普政府提起两起诉讼:一起涉及国际学生,另一起则关注削减研究经费。

特朗普总统的帖子并未详细说明谈判情况,但却首次明确表明白宫与哈佛大学在达成协议方面取得了进展。自今年 4 月哈佛大学拒绝了白宫提出的一系列要求,要求解决政府所说的学校长期存在的反犹太主义、种族歧视和政治偏见文化以来,双方陷入了不断升级的法律和财务纠纷。

哈佛大学誓言反击,并起诉特朗普政府削减近30亿美元的资金,并试图禁止国际学生入学。与此同时,学校一直在回应文件要求,并聘请了多名与特朗普政府有联系的律师和说客。一些人认为,此举是愿意开辟沟通渠道。

《纽约时报》周五晚间报道称,哈佛大学官员本周访问了白宫,并介绍了学校为解决特朗普政府担忧而采取的措施;而《纽约时报》则称,特朗普政府则提出了解决冲突的条件。目前尚不清楚哈佛大学将如何回应,但特朗普在“真相社交”(Truth Social)上的帖子暗示,双方可能即将达成协议。

特朗普在“真相社交”节目中表示:“他们在谈判中表现得极其得体,而且似乎致力于做正确的事情。如果在目前正在讨论的基础上达成和解,那将是‘令人难以置信的’历史性事件,对我们的国家非常有利。”

白宫、教育部和哈佛大学的发言人周五没有回应置评请求。

特朗普在社交媒体上宣布这一消息之前不久,哈佛大学在国际学生诉讼案中取得了胜利:美国地区法官艾莉森·伯勒斯下令允许哈佛大学接收外国学生,直到其对学校的诉讼案得到判决,这为学生们今年秋季返校开了绿灯,至少目前如此。

哈佛大学发言人萨拉·肯尼迪·奥莱利在一份声明中表示:“法院命令允许哈佛大学在案件审理期间继续招收国际学生和学者。哈佛大学将继续捍卫自身权利,以及学生和学者的权利。”

国土安全部发言人周五下午没有回应置评请求。

今年5月,美国国土安全部长克里斯蒂·诺姆宣布哈佛大学失去招收留学生的权利,现有国际学生必须退学或转学。此后,哈佛大学起诉了特朗普政府。诺姆当时辩称,哈佛大学拒绝交出“不当行为和其他违规行为”的记录,这些记录将导致外国学生无法入学或被驱逐出校。

与此同时,该大学辩称此举违法,特朗普是在利用其职位对该大学进行“政府报复” 。

周五的法院命令禁止特朗普政府采取任何措施阻止哈佛大学接收国际学生。伯勒斯还命令政府在5月宣布之前,为联邦工作人员准备恢复签证持有人和申请人职位的指导方针。

这项禁令是在周一发布紧急命令之后发布的,该命令暂时禁止特朗普政府拒绝向前往该大学的国际学生发放签证。

在周一举行的听证会上,司法部一名律师辩称,国家安全和移民法赋予特朗普广泛的权力来决定谁可以入境。但哈佛大学的一名律师辩称,特朗普政府“正在齐心协力地利用国际学生,把他们当作棋子,并将移民法作为武器,迫使哈佛大学屈服”。

禁止国际学生入学将对哈佛大学的学生群体产生重大影响,该校现有近7000名外国学生,约占学生总数的四分之一。此举将对哈佛大学肯尼迪政府学院等学院造成尤为严重的影响,因为该学院的国际学生人数几乎占学生总数的一半。

乔治城大学专注于宪法和行政法的法学教授戴维·苏佩尔表示,特朗普政府很可能在下周对该命令提出上诉。

“我们可能会从第一巡回法院,当然也包括最高法院,得到一些关于他们对此案的看法,”Super 说。“这很可能使审判结果几乎成为定局。”

事实上,考虑到学生签证的不确定性和日益严格的审查,一些学生可能会决定去其他地方继续深造,即使哈佛大学在法庭上胜诉,这也将影响哈佛大学的国际学生人数。

哈佛大学的在校生和新生周五表示,他们对这一消息感到高兴,尽管他们仍然对未来感到担忧。

“我感到焦虑,但我仍然充满希望,” 33 岁的马加加·埃诺斯 (Magaga Enos)在午夜后从肯尼亚通过 WhatsApp 消息写道。

埃诺斯表示,他一直计划在哈佛大学攻读教育领导硕士学位,并定于下个月初从内罗毕飞往波士顿。

“政策变化太快,这让人感到不安,”他说。“我的未来和归属感岌岌可危。尽管如此,我仍然感谢哈佛的支持。我知道我在这里很重要。我会专注于学业,不断进步。我相信像我这样的国际学生会让哈佛更加强大。”

来自奥地利的哈佛大学三年级新生卡尔·莫尔登 (Karl Molden) 在希腊雅典进行暑期实习时得知了这一命令。

“感觉和情绪就像坐过山车一样,这次更像是上升,”21岁的莫尔登说道,他正在学习政府学和古典文学。“但我觉得它还会再次下降。我们不会庆祝太多,因为这只是暂时的。”

除了特朗普周五下午在“真相社交”上发表的帖子外,几乎没有迹象表明哈佛大学和他的政府即将解决他们之间的冲突。

本周早些时候,教育部长琳达·麦克马洪(Linda McMahon)在接受《华尔街日报》采访时表示,一些大学正在与特朗普政府进行建设性的对话。当时,她将哈佛大学排除在了名单之外。

麦克马洪表示,她“与范德堡大学校长进行了一次很好的会谈”,并补充说,她“对他们采取的很多措施感到满意”。她还补充说,她已经与麻省理工学院、达特茅斯学院和西北大学的校长会面。(今年4月,麻省理工学院与其他大学一起,就美国能源部削减资金一事提起诉讼。)

相比之下,她说:“哈佛大学是唯一一家不仅发出威胁,而且确实提起诉讼的大学。”

此前,麦克马洪在6月初曾表示,“我很乐意让哈佛大学回到谈判桌与我们谈判。”

题图:哈佛大学剑桥校区的怀德纳图书馆。Heather Diehl 为《波士顿环球报》拍摄

附原英文报道:

Months into his fight with Harvard, Trump now says ‘HISTORIC’ deal is close

Cryptic social media post is first major signal of negotiations between the White House and the university in months-long financial and legal battle.

By Aidan Ryan, Mike Damiano and Brooke Hauser Globe Staff,Updated June 20, 2025, 7:34 p.m.

The Widener Library on the Harvard campus in Cambridge.Heather Diehl for the Boston Globe

The Trump administration’s high-profile pressure campaign on Harvard University took an unexpected turn Friday when the president announced, without any details, that the government has been negotiating with the university and they are nearing a deal that would prove “‘mindbogglingly’ HISTORIC.”

Earlier Friday, a federal judge in Boston blocked the government’s efforts to ban the nation’s oldest university from hosting international students, at least for the time being. It was Harvard’s latest court victory as the school pursues two lawsuits against the Trump administration: one over foreign students, the other focused on research funding cuts.

President Trump’s post did not elaborate on the negotiations, but provided the first clear signal of any progress toward a deal between the White House and the school, which have been locked in an escalating legal and financial battle since April when Harvard rejected a litany of White House demands to address what the administration says is a longstanding culture of antisemitism, racial discrimination, and political bias at the school.

Harvard has vowed to fight back and sued the administration both for cutting nearly $3 billion in funding and attempting to ban international students. At the same time, the school has been responding to document requests and has hired a number of lawyers and lobbyists with ties to the Trump administration, which some see as a willingness to open avenues to open lines of communication.

Friday night, The New York Times reported that Harvard officials visited the White House this week and presented measures the school has taken to address the administration’s concerns; in turn, the Times said, the Trump administration laid out conditions to resolve the conflict. It was not immediately clear how Harvard would respond, but Trump’s post on Truth Social suggested a deal may be near.

“They have acted extremely appropriately during these negotiations, and appear to be committed to doing what is right,” Trump said on Truth Social. “If a Settlement is made on the basis that is currently being discussed, it will be ‘mindbogglingly’ HISTORIC, and very good for our Country.”

Spokespeople for the White House, the Department of Education, and Harvard did not respond to requests for comment on Friday.

Trump’s social media announcement came shortly after Harvard notched a legal win in the international students lawsuit: an order from US District Judge Allison Burroughs allowing Harvard to host foreign students until its lawsuit against the administration is decided, giving the students a green light to return this fall, at least for now.

“The Court order allows Harvard to continue enrolling international students and scholars while the case moves forward,” Harvard spokesperson Sarah Kennedy O’Reilly said in a statement. “Harvard will continue to defend its rights — and the rights of its students and scholars.”

A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security did not respond to a request for comment on Friday afternoon.

Harvard sued the Trump administration in May, after Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced that the university had lost the right to enroll students and that existing international students would have to leave or transfer. She argued at the time that Harvard refused to hand over records showing “misconduct and other offenses that would render foreign students inadmissible or removable.”

The university, meanwhile, argued the move was unlawful, and Trump was using his position to pursue “a government vendetta” against the university.

Friday’s court order prevents the Trump administration from making any effort to block Harvard from hosting international students. Burroughs also ordered the administration to prepare guidance for federal staff to restore visa holders and applicants to their positions prior to its May announcement.

The injunction follows an emergency order on Monday that temporarily barred the Trump administration from denying visas to international students bound for the university.

In a hearing Monday, a Justice Department lawyer argued that national security and immigration laws give Trump broad powers to determine who can enter the country. But a Harvard attorney argued that the Trump administration had embarked on “a concerted effort to leverage the international students, to use them as pawns and to weaponize immigration laws to bring Harvard to heel.”

Banning international students would have a significant impact on Harvard’s student body, which includes nearly 7,000 foreign students, roughly a quarter of its total student population. The move would disproportionately impact schools such as the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, where international students account for nearly half of all students.

The Trump administration is likely to appeal the order next week, said David Super, a Georgetown University law professor who focuses on constitutional and administrative law.

“We will likely have some indication from, certainly the First Circuit, but most likely the Supreme Court, as to how they feel about this case,” Super said. “That may well make the outcome of a trial more or less a foregone conclusion.”

And, indeed, given the uncertainty and heightened scrutiny around student visas generally, some students may simply decide to pursue their studies elsewhere, denting Harvard’s international population even if the school prevails in court.

Current and incoming Harvard students Friday said they were pleased by the news, even if they are still concerned about the future.

“I feel anxious, but I stay hopeful,” Magaga Enos, 33, wrote via a WhatsApp message, from Kenya past midnight.

Enos said he has been planning to pursue a master’s degree in education leadership at Harvard and is scheduled to fly to Boston from Nairobi early next month.

“Policies change fast, and that’s unsettling,” he said. “My future and sense of belonging are on the line. Still, I am grateful for Harvard’s support. I know I matter here. I focus on my studies and keep moving forward. I believe international students like me make Harvard stronger.”

Karl Molden, a rising Harvard junior from Austria, was in Athens, Greece, for a summer internship when he learned about the order.

“It’s been like a roller coaster for feelings and emotions, and in this case more like an up,” said Molden, 21, who’s studying government and classics. “But I think it’s also going to go down again. We’re not going to celebrate too much because it’s just temporary.”

Aside from Trump’s Truth Social post Friday afternoon, there has been little outward sign that Harvard and his administration are anywhere near resolving their conflict.

Earlier this week, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said some universities were talking with the Trump administration in a way she finds constructive. At the time, she excluded Harvard from that list.

McMahon said she “had a good sit down with the chancellor [of Vanderbilt University],” adding that she feels “good about a lot of the steps that they have taken.” She added that she has met with presidents from MIT, Dartmouth, and Northwestern. (In April, MIT joined other universities in a lawsuit over funding cuts by the US Department of Energy.)

By contrast, she said, “Harvard is the only one that has not only threatened, but did file a lawsuit.”

Previously, in early June, McMahon said, “I’d love to have Harvard come back to the table to negotiate with us.”


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