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21-06-2025
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Federal judge halts Trump's plans to keep Harvard from enrolling foreign students
After delaying a decision for several days, a federal court judge granted a preliminary injunction on Friday that will allow Harvard University's international students to continue attending school amidst a showdown with the president. The injunction, effectively blocking President Donald Trump's efforts to revoke Harvard's certification that allows the school to host foreign students, replaces two temporary restraining orders that were previously granted by U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs. Burroughs' ruling will remain in place while the rest of the lawsuit — where Harvard is suing the Trump administration over actions against its international student population — plays out. It is one of two instances where Harvard is suing the federal government. On Monday, after hearing from lawyers representing Harvard and the Trump administration, Burroughs said she needed more time to decide, ultimately extending a temporary restraining order that was set to expire on Thursday until Monday. Burroughs issued the preliminary injunction Friday afternoon. Read more: Harvard researcher's work gives 'hope' for Parkinson's. But the feds cut his funding In her three-page order, Burroughs wrote the federal government is 'enjoined from implementing, instituting, maintaining, or giving any force or effect to' the prior revocation of Harvard's Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification, which occurred on May 22. 'This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus,' Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said at the time. 'It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments to help pad their multibillion-dollar endowments.' SEVP allows higher education institutions to issue visa application forms to prospective international students after admitting them. The forms are used to apply for a visa to enter the U.S. Read more: How Harvard's staredown with Trump could affect its international athletes As part of a June 4 proclamation where he tried to bar Harvard's foreign students from entering the U.S. entirely, Trump directed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to consider stopping the processing of Harvard student visas. A temporary restraining order from Burroughs quickly blocked that, and the State Department ordered embassies around the world to resume processing Harvard University student visas. Burroughs' Friday order instructs the Trump administration to 'restore every visa holder and applicant to the position that individual would have been absent such Revocation Notice.' The federal government is now required to submit a status report within 72 hours detailing the steps it has taken to fall in line with Burroughs' order. MassLive reporter Juliet Schulman-Hall contributed to this story. Harvard researcher's work gives 'hope' for Parkinson's. But the feds cut his funding These US colleges are among the top 100 best global universities, US News says 'Far reaching consequences' — UMass Amherst sounds the alarm amid federal uncertainty MIT joins group of universities suing the DOD over funding cuts As federal funding cuts hit Harvard, a private investment firm and other donors step up Read the original article on MassLive.
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19-06-2025
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Harvard's Monday court date will be important for international students. Here's why
A Monday preliminary injunction hearing will hold the weight of what is to come next for Harvard University's foreign student population. The federal court hearing in Boston is in response to several attempts by the Trump administration to prevent Harvard from enrolling international students or allowing them to enter the country to study. The university began its second lawsuit against the federal government last month. Since the battle between the two, international students and U.S. students have been considering transferring to other universities. About 27% of Harvard's undergraduate and graduate students are international, according to 2024 to 2025 data. There are two temporary restraining orders from May and June that U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs granted. A preliminary injunction would effectively replace the two — which have expiration dates — to allow for the court case to continue until Burroughs makes a final determination on the legality of the case, according to Jonathan Grode, managing partner at immigration law firm Green and Spiegel. Read more: Why the fight over foreign students at Harvard has some US students leaving, too When Harvard asked for a preliminary injunction in May, Burroughs told the university and the Department of Homeland Security to agree on common terms over a preliminary injunction. In Thursday evening court filings, both Harvard and the Trump administration said they were unable to do so. Harvard international students have been wrongly detained at Boston Logan Airport and denied visas, according to Maureen Martin, Harvard's Director of Immigration Services, who wrote in a Friday court filing. The Trump administration, in a lengthy 44-page brief, stated its opposition to a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction in the case. 'That Harvard has now become the subject of an immigration related enforcement action is neither discriminatory nor retaliatory. It reflects considered enforcement discretion directed to address well-founded national-security concerns, which courts cannot question,' the federal government wrote. If Judge Burroughs sides with the federal government, past restraining orders will be null, putting international students at Harvard in a difficult situation, according to Grode. The hearing comes after the U.S. State Department ordered embassies around the world to resume processing Harvard University student visas last week. However, the university has been battling against the Trump administration since April. It began when the Department of Homeland Security said it was revoking a key certification that allows Harvard University's international students to study there. The institution was offered an ultimatum by the Trump administration to lose the certification or give up information about its foreign student population. Quickly after, Judge Burroughs granted a temporary restraining order. Secretary of State Marco Rubio later stated that the U.S. would begin revoking the visas of some Chinese students and increase vetting of social media accounts of student visa applicants. Following the revocation attempt, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation that barred Harvard's international students from entering the country. He also directed Rubio to consider stopping the processing of Harvard student visas. Another temporary restraining order was granted in response. Harvard has a separate lawsuit in reaction to the federal government freezing or cutting nearly $3 billion in federal funding, citing antisemitism at Harvard. The administration has claimed the university failed to protect Jewish students, particularly in the wake of the war in Gaza. 'In the Trump Administration, discrimination will not be tolerated on campus. Federal funds must support institutions that protect all students,' the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services wrote in May as it cut $60 million in grants to Harvard. As Trump cuts funding, these Harvard scholars consider leaving US — and academia Harvard researcher released from custody after months in detention Ex-Harvard professor fired after refusing COVID shot named to CDC vaccine panel U.S. House committee demands Harvard send them hiring policies for review Williams College stops accepting federal grants, opposing new policy Read the original article on MassLive.
