A federal judge yesterday blocked United States President Donald Trump from taking action to prevent Harvard University from enrolling foreign students amid a still-mushrooming feud between the White House and the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic institution.
District Court Judge Allison Burroughs told the government she would issue an order to indefinitely prevent the White House from stopping the Ivy League school from hosting thousands of international students while the legal fight plays out.
The ruling extended her order from last week that paused Trump’s effort to strip Harvard of its certification to host foreign students and threats to revoke the visas of its students.
Burroughs asked both sides to propose language for an order on the issue.
The judge’s action came as the White House shows little sign of backing down in its scrap with Harvard, which it accuses of being a hotbed of woke liberalism and a haven for student protests against Israel’s war in Gaza that improperly target Jewish students.
Even as Burroughs issued her ruling, the Trump administration sent a letter to Harvard giving it 30 days to respond to the accusations including claims that the university supposedly co-ordinated with China and failed to respond sufficiently to anti-Semitism on campus. — TCA
