International Judge extends halt to Trump's Harvard plans
A US federal judge continues to prevent the US government from banning the elite Harvard University from accepting foreign students. Having already issued a temporary injunction last Friday, the judge has now extended the ban following a hearing.
29.05.2025, 18:40
29.05.2025, 18:55
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Harvard should continue to be able to admit international students with visas, CNN quotes Judge Allison D. Burroughs as saying. "I want to maintain the status quo." However, her decision is not yet a final judgment.
US government sets Harvard 30-day deadline
Shortly beforehand, the US government had set the university a deadline of 30 days to prove that it can continue to admit foreign students. The announcement stated that this would allow Harvard to "demonstrate compliance with all legal requirements and remedy any alleged deficiencies".
According to US President Donald Trump's administration, Harvard will no longer be allowed to admit new students from abroad under a special federal program. Foreign students already enrolled would have to transfer to other universities - otherwise they would lose their residency status in the USA.
Harvard had filed a lawsuit against this. Burroughs came to the conclusion last week that the elite university had proven that the government's order would cause "immediate and irreparable harm" to Harvard.
The Trump administration justifies its action with pro-Palestinian protests at US universities. It accuses universities such as Harvard of not taking decisive enough action against this and tolerating anti-Semitic incidents on campus.
