Judge blocks Trump from stopping Harvard international admissions

U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from revoking Harvard's ability to admit international students during an emergency hearing, The Hill reported.

The move follows Harvard suing the administration last week in response to a message from the Department of Homeland Security revoking their Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification.

"This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus," DHS 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."

The Harvard lawsuit indicated that international students amounted to more than one quarter of the student body of roughly 6,800 students. Noem, however, has indicated that the school could retain its international admissions privileges if it provided data on foreign students.