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Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Bar Harvard’s International Students, Trump Hints at Possible Deal

A preliminary injunction preserves the university’s SEVP status for roughly 7,000 foreign students during its lawsuit against the administration.

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The Coop in Harvard Square of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi
Visitors on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, MA on June 3, 2025.

Overview

  • U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Trump administration from revoking Harvard’s SEVP certification and halting new international enrollments.
  • The Department of Homeland Security’s May 22 revocation had threatened around 7,000 current Harvard students with transfer requirements or loss of legal status.
  • Harvard sued DHS over the certification withdrawal and amended its suit to block President Trump’s June proclamation barring foreign students at the university, arguing both actions were unlawful retaliation.
  • An amicus brief from two dozen other universities cautioned that cutting federal funding and student visas at Harvard could undermine American research and innovation more broadly.
  • President Trump wrote on Truth Social that negotiations with Harvard are “very possible” to yield a “mindbogglingly historic” settlement within the next week.