A federal judge in Massachusetts has halted the Trump administration’s effort to block Harvard University from hosting international students.
In a June 20 order, U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other federal agencies from implementing the revocation of Harvard’s authorization to host foreign students and scholars. The judge also ordered DHS to issue guidance reversing the revocation within 72 hours.
The case stems from an announcement last month by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, declaring the termination of Harvard’s foreign student authorization, known as the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification. She said Harvard’s leadership had created an unsafe campus environment by letting pro-terrorist, anti-American agitators harass and assault people, many of them Jewish students. She also said the school collaborated with “individuals linked to China’s defense-industrial base” and “Chinese universities tied to military advancements” in critical research areas….