Obama-Appointed Judge Allows Harvard To Continue Enrolling Foreign Students

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s effort to ban Harvard from enrolling foreign students.

Harvard sued the administration after it attempted to revoke the school’s ability to host international students due to the school’s failure to reach a resolution on combating antisemitism on campus. The preliminary injunction builds on a previous restraining order against the action that was issued immediately after Harvard filed a lawsuit against the administration.

Harvard did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

The order was issued by U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs, who allowed Harvard to racially discriminate in its admissions process prior to the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling and has since issued several injunctions against the Trump administration in support of the school. (RELATED: State Department Begins Scrutinizing Social Media Accounts Of Student Visa Applicants)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) attempted in May to revoke Harvard’s eligibility to host students on foreign visas, but Burroughs blocked the order almost instantly. President Donald Trump then signed a June 4 executive order attempting to skirt the original ruling against the DHS, which would have prevented any new international students intending to attend Harvard from entering the U.S. and directed the Secretary of State to consider revoking the visas of current foreign Harvard students. Burroughs quickly issued the temporary restraining order against the president’s action.

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