Will Trump Follow the Law in Punishing Harvard?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : William A. Stock, managing partner at Klasko Immigration Law Partners, wrote by email that while colleges are subject to an SEVP recertification process every two years, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has the authority to conduct off-cycle reviews at any time.
57% : Remember, Tax Exempt Status is totally contingent on acting in the PUBLIC INTEREST!"
52% : "The IRS would have to do an audit of Harvard and determine that there were one or more reasons why Harvard did not meet the requirements for tax-exempt status," Brunson said.
50% : "My assumption is that the Trump administration is going to argue that Harvard violated a fundamental public policy, either by not reining in pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters enough, or something related to [diversity, equity and inclusion]," Brunson explained.
49% : Trump wrote on Truth Social last week.
48% : While stripping universities of tax-exempt status is rare, it has happened before.
31% : Experts noted that losing SEVP certification would cause a substantial loss of international students and hit research projects hard -- even as such endeavors are already in flux from the Trump administration's freezes on federal funding -- given the high share of Ph.D. students who come from other countries.

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