Harvard Reprieve for Foreign Students Won’t Stop Looming Threats

Harvard University can continue to enroll international students – for now.

A federal judge’s reprieve on Friday was quickly hailed as a victory for the country’s wealthiest university in its battle with the Trump administration.

But the respite is temporary. The government’s move a day earlier to bar Harvard from enrolling foreign students remains a real threat, laying bare how far President Donald Trump is willing to push his fight with the university.

If the school’s 6,800 international students lose their visa status — as the Department of Homeland Security directed on Thursday — it would have an “immediate ...