Harvard Wins Temporary Block of Trump’s Foreign Student Ban (2)

May 23, 2025, 5:25 PM UTC

Harvard University won a temporary court order blocking the Trump administration from enforcing a ban on international students at the school, 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 on Friday that the government can’t enforce the ban, which it imposed the day before. Burroughs issued her ruling just hours after Harvard sued the US in Boston federal court. She granted the university a temporary restraining order, finding that it would sustain “immediate and irreparable injury” if the Department of Homeland Security directive ...

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