A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's visa ban on Harvard's foreign students, reported Xinhua.
U.S. District Court Judge Allison Burroughs issued a temporary restraining order that prohibits anyone from "implementing, instituting, maintaining, enforcing, or giving force or effect to the Presidential Proclamation" that Trump issued Wednesday.
Thursday's order will reinstate international students' ability to enter the country to attend Harvard until a hearing on June 16.
In granting the order blocking implementation of Trump's proclamation and the effort of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Burroughs wrote that she was acting "to preserve the status quo pending a hearing."
Burroughs deemed that Harvard had made a "sufficient showing" that the proclamation would sustain "immediate and irreparable harm" unless a temporary restraining order was granted.
Trump's proclamation targeting Harvard followed an attempt by the DHS late last month to limit Harvard's ability to enroll foreign students by revoking its certification in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, which was temporarily blocked by Burroughs.
Burroughs also announced that the court would extend the temporary restraining order first granted to Harvard on May 23 until June 20, or until a preliminary injunction order can be issued.
Harvard University filed a legal challenge in federal court on Thursday against the Trump administration's ban on international students from entering the United States on visas to attend Harvard.
The filing came less than 24 hours after Trump issued a proclamation suspending entry for foreign nationals intending to study at Harvard. The university alleged the administration's action was designed to circumvent an earlier court order that had blocked the DHS from banning international enrollment at Harvard.
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
