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Judge halts another Trump administration effort to block foreign students from attending Harvard
- U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs blocked the Trump administration's June 4, 2025, proclamation barring foreign students from studying at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- The proclamation followed demands from the administration for Harvard to implement reforms on faculty power, international student admissions, and end support of student groups since October 7, 2023, amid accusations of harboring anti-Semitic activity and hostile viewpoints.
- The administration also froze $2.2 billion in federal funding and threatened to revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status as part of a broader campaign critiquing the university's perceived left-leaning orientation and failure to curb anti-Semitism.
- Judge Burroughs found that the government likely infringed upon Harvard's First Amendment rights by targeting the university’s speech through coercive legal threats and retaliation for its refusals, emphasizing that discrimination based on viewpoint represents a particularly serious constitutional violation.
- The ruling preserves Harvard's ability to host nearly 7,000 international students, supports ongoing lawsuits challenging federal actions, and underscores the court’s role in safeguarding academic freedom and constitutional speech protections.
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Some short excerpts from Judge Allison Burroughs (D. Mass.) very long decision yesterday in President & Fellows of Harvard College v. U.S. Dep't of Homeland Security: [A] presidential proclamation entitled "Enhancing National Security by Addressing Risks at Harvard University" … suspends "the entry of any alien into the United States as a nonimmigrant to pursue a course of study at Harvard University … or to participate in an exchange visitor pr…
Mexico City.- The most recent initiative of Donald Trump, President of the United States, to prevent international students from attending Harvard University was blocked by Federal Judge Allison Burroughs. Thus, the order given by the U.S. District Judge in Boston allows foreign students to travel to the U.S. to continue their studies in the academic center belonging to the Ivy League while the case is decided. The temporary suspension stems fro…
Judge raises free speech concerns in Trump administration effort to ban Harvard international students
A district judge raised free speech concerns in the latest legal block of the Trump administration’s attempts to ban Harvard University from enrolling international students. U.S. District Judge Allison Burrough issued an injunction against a proclamation from President Trump that said Harvard could not enroll foreign students due to national security concerns from him administration.…
By Katelyn Polantz, CNN A federal judge on Monday indefinitely blocked a recent attempt by President Donald Trump to strip Harvard University of its ability to bring thousands of international students to its campus. Judge Allison Burroughs of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts ruled that Trump's recent presidential proclamation was a violation of the university's constitutional protections and part of a retaliatory campaign waged by the T…
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