"While many of the policies issued in Trump's first administration provoked abundant and full-throated public opposition from liberal institutions, his second term has been marked by spineless compliance at best - and tacit endorsement at worst."
"We write as presidents of leading American colleges and universities to urge you to rectify or rescind the recent executive order. If left in place, the order threatens both American higher education and the defining principles of our country."
In February 2017, nearly 50 U.S. university leaders openly opposed President Trump's executive order restricting immigration from Muslim-majority countries. However, recent actions in 2023, particularly targeting international students linked to Palestine protests, have met with a muted response from these institutions. Trump's new executive order aims at monitoring and potentially deporting students involved in such protests, raising alarms about academic freedom and the rights of international students, yet many universities have shown compliance rather than resistance to these policies.
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