Harvard University Gets Temporary Block Of Trump’s Foreign Student Ban
The US has said it is acting against Harvard over the school’s handling of antisemitism on campus and government demands for more oversight of foreign students.
Harvard University won a temporary court order blocking the Trump administration from preventing the school from enrolling international students, giving it a win in a high-stakes legal fight with broad implications for higher education in the US.
US District Judge Allison Burroughs ruled Friday that the US government cannot enforce its directive imposed a day earlier. Her ruling came just hours after Harvard sued in Boston federal court.
Burroughs granted a temporary restraining order, ruling that Harvard would sustain “immediate and irreparable injury” if the directive by the Department of Homeland Security went into effect.
Harvard’s lawsuit is over the Trump administration’s move to block the school from enrolling international students. The Trump administration directive delivered a major blow to the university and escalates the government’s fight with elite colleges.
The US has said it is acting against Harvard over the school’s handling of antisemitism on campus and government demands for more oversight of foreign students. Harvard counters that President Donald Trump has gone far beyond the measures the federal government can legally take to resolve such a problem at a university.
Friday’s ruling means that Harvard will not have to immediately stop enrolling international students, which would affect about 27% of the student body. The government’s directive had left thousands of foreign students in limbo.
