A federal judge on June 5 blocked President Donald Trump’s proclamation suspending foreign student visas at Harvard University.
The order by U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs was issued hours after Harvard filed a legal claim to challenge Trump’s new directive one day earlier.
In May, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a directive to revoke Harvard’s certification under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), which allows the institution to enroll foreign students. When announcing the directive, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem alleged that Harvard fosters ties with the Chinese Communist Party.
U.S. District Court Judge Allison Burroughs last week said she would continue blocking the agency from revoking Harvard’s certification, and ordered the Trump administration to hold off indefinitely from making any changes to the college’s international student visa program.
