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US court suspends order banning Harvard from admitting foreign students

US court suspends order banning Harvard from admitting foreign students

A U.S. judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University's right to international students.
The order by U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs provides temporary relief for thousands of international students who faced being forced to transfer under a policy that the Ivy League school called part of the administration's broader effort to retaliate against it for refusing to "give up its academic independence."

The Trump administration may appeal Burroughs' decision. Spokespeople for the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to requests for comment, Reuters reported . 
In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston earlier on Friday, Harvard called the revocation a "flagrant violation" of the U.S. Constitution and other federal laws, and had an "immediate and devastating effect" on the university and its more than 7,000 visa holders.
"Without its international students, Harvard is not Harvard," the 389-year-old school said in the lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston. Harvard enrolled nearly 6,800 international students in its current academic year, equivalent to 27% of its total enrollment.

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