Trump defends move to block foreign students at Harvard
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A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to revoke Harvard University’s ability to host foreign students. The
Harvard University is suing the Trump administration after it blocked the college’s ability to enroll new international students. In the latest development in the feud between Harvard and the federal government,
The Trump administration abruptly ended Harvard’s ability to enroll international students on Thursday — jeopardizing the legal status of more than one in four students on campus. Less than a day later,
Students claim the university denies equal access to campus and housing for those who received in-patient mental health treatment.
As the Trump administration halts about $2.7 billion in Harvard University funding, the school’s president is absorbing some of the financial impacts by taking a 25 % pay cut, according to a university spokesperson.
Harvard is the first school to sue the administration after a back-and-forth between President Alan Garber and most of Trump's team.
The administration has frozen funding and targeted international students as it presses the university for a stronger response to alleged antisemitism.