A temporary injunction remains in force. Harvard hoped the judge would issue a more lasting block of the president’s proclamation against international students’ attending the university.
The Trump administration has sought to bar international students at Harvard. Without them, Harvard said, it would no longer be the same university as it is today.
African students have traded academic institutions in the West for Chinese alternatives. The Trump administration’s clampdown on international students and visas could accelerate the shift.
This week, a federal judge sided with Harvard in one of its two lawsuits, blocking an order by President Trump to prevent international students from enrolling.
Harvard’s campus in Cambridge, Mass. The university is fighting the Trump administration over cuts to research funding and its ability to enroll international students.
The two sides have been battling in court for weeks over Harvard’s ability to enroll international students, who are a major portion of its student body.
The university called it “yet another illegal retaliatory step” from an administration that has sought ways to circumnavigate the courts in its push to bar foreign students.
The university called it “yet another illegal retaliatory step” from an administration that has sought ways to circumnavigate the courts in its push to bar foreign students.
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