Federal judge blocks Trump’s efforts to prevent Harvard from hosting foreign students

Orders from US District Judge Alison Burrows in Boston retain Harvard’s capabilities Host foreign student The case is determined, but it does not lead to solving all Harvard legal hurdles for hosting international students. In particular, Burrows said the federal government still has the authority to consider Harvard’s ability to host international students through the usual process outlined in the law.

Harvard sued the Department of Homeland Security after the government agencies suddenly retracted school accreditation, hosted foreign students, suddenly retracted school accreditation to issue documents for visas, and cleaned most of the usual procedures. Action would have roughly forced Harvard University 7,000 international students – Approximately a quarter of total registration – to transfer or take risks to be in the United States illegally. New foreign students would have been forbidden from coming to Harvard.

The university is White House Requests Overhaul Harvard’s policies relating to campus protests, entry and employment. Burrows temporarily halted government actions after Harvard was sued.

Less than two weeks later, in early June, President Donald Trump tried a new strategy. He issued a declaration to attend Harvard to stop foreign students from entering the United States. Different legal justifications. Harvard challenged the move, saying the president was trying to end a temporary court order. Temporary Barrow Blocked Trump’s declaration Same thing. The emergency block remains in effect, with Burrows not dealing with the declaration on her order on Friday.

“The judge expects to make a more permanent decision in the coming days,” Harvard said in an email to international students on Friday. “Our schools will continue to develop contingency plans to ensure international students and academics are able to pursue their academic careers to the fullest possible extent if there is a change in student eligibility and ability to enroll at Harvard.”

Limbo Students

The suspension and beginning of the legal battle led to the current student becoming unstable and leaving Others from around the world We are waiting to know if they will be able to attend America’s oldest and wealthiest university.

The Trump administration’s efforts to stop Harvard from registering international students have created an environment of “deep fear, concern and confusion,” the university said in a court filing. Harvard Immigration Director Maureen Martin said countless international students had asked about transfers from the university.

Still, it shows that admissions consultants and students retain what they hope for current and future Harvard Scollers to attend college.

For one of her graduate students, admission to Harvard’s Graduate School of Education saved her education dreams. Fans who asked to be identified only by last name for fear of targeting saw her former doctoral offer at Vanderbilt University be rescinded after cutting research and programs related to diversity, equity and inclusion to the federal government.

Harvard intervened a few weeks later on a scholarship that he could not refuse. She rushed to schedule a visa interview in Beijing. More than a month after her appointment, despite a court order against Trump administration’s policies, she has not yet responded.

“Your personal effort and ability means nothing in this era,” Huang said in a social media post. “Why should it be so difficult to go to school?”

Continuous battle

Trump has fought Harvard for months after rejecting a series of government requests to address conservative complaints that the university has become too liberal and tolerated anti-Semite harassment. Trump officials have threatened to cut more than $2.6 billion in research grants, terminate federal contracts and cancel Harvard’s tax-free status.

On Friday, the president said in a post on True Society that the administration is working with Harvard to tackle “their massive injustice” and that a deal with Harvard could be announced later next week. “It seems they’re committed to acting very well during these negotiations and doing the right thing,” Trump’s Post said.

Trump’s administration first targeted Harvard international students in April. Homeland Security Secretary Christy Nom requested that Harvard University hand over a series of records relating to dangerous or illegal activities by foreign students. Harvard says it complied, but Noem said he lacked response and revoked Harvard’s accreditation in the Student and Exchange Visitors program on May 22.

Sanctions quickly put Harvard at a disadvantage as he competed for top students in the world, the school said in the lawsuit, damaging Harvard’s reputation as a global research hub. “Without international students, Harvard is not Harvard,” the lawsuit said.

This action would have defeated several graduate schools that recruited in large numbers from overseas. Some schools overseas have promptly provided invitations to Harvard University students, including two universities in Hong Kong.

Harvard President Alan Gerber previously said the university had made changes to combat anti-Semitism. But even after receiving the federal ultimatum, Harvard will not deviate from its “legally protected principles,” he said.