Boston court temporarily blocked Friday (23.05.25) the decision of his government Donald Trump to prohibit the university Harvard To enroll foreign students, a move that is part of the White House’s efforts to impose academic circles to align themselves with the policy of the Republican president.
Temporary restrictive order prevents Donald Trump’s government from recalling Harvard’s certification In the student and exchange of visitors’ program, which allows the Higher Education Foundation to host international visa students for study in the US, according to the Associated Press.
The judge Alison Baros, which was appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama, he considered Harvard to suffer damage before being given the opportunity to fully present his position.
Baros blocked For 15 days the implementation of government decision and defined new hearings On May 27 and 29 to examine the next steps to be taken.
The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Homeland Security did not respond to a request for a comment.
The court ruling gives a temporary “breath” to the thousands of Harvard foreign students who would be forced to either switch to other universities or return to their countries if the White House policy is implemented.
Harvard says this policy is an “retaliation” attempt because it refused to “deliver their academic independence”.
The Trump government may appeal to Barrow’s decision.
Trump’s “Bloc” and Harvard’s lawsuit
“Harvard can no longer enroll foreign students and existing foreign students must be transferred or lose their legal status,” he said in a statement yesterday, Thursday, The US Home Security Ministry.
The Minister of Internal Affairs Christie Noem He said he ordered the competent service to lift Harvard’s SEVP (Student and Exchange Visitor Program) certification, citing the university’s refusal to deliver the behavioral records of foreign students requested by the Ministry of Interior last month.
The day after, Harvard University responded to US President Donald Trump, depositing lawsuit in federal court Boston against the government.
In essence, the appeal to justice was made after the announcement that Harvard’s certification was revoked in the SEVP student program (Student and Exchange Visitor Program), As a result, the possibility of registering international students is ceased.
In a lawsuit Harvard characterized the recall as ‘Blatant violation’ of the US Constitution and other federal laws, noting that it has “immediate and destructive impact” on the university and on more than 7,000 visa holders.
“This is the last act of the government in the context of clear retaliation for Harvard that exercised the rights of the first amendment to reject the government’s demands to control Harvard’s administration, the curriculum and the” ideology “of its teachers and students.”
At the same time, he attacked the government by saying that “it is trying to delete one quarter of our student population, the foreign students who contribute essentially to our mission. Without them, Harvard is not Harvardยป.
The university has asked a judge to immediately block the order of Interior Security Minister Christie Noem, with the federal court putting an end to Donald Trump’s dispute with Harvard.
At least, in terms of this issue, as the US president has opened a “war” with the historic university for months, which counts 389 years of life.