Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from revoking Harvard's ability to enroll foreign students

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University’s ability to enroll or keep its international students.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University’s ability to enroll or keep its international students.

U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs granted the temporary restraining order after the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday terminated the university’s international student certification. The move barred the school from not only admitting international students, but also ordering current foreign-born students to transfer or lose their legal status.

Under the order, international students can remain enrolled at the school. The next hearing for the case will take place next week.

The White House and the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Harvard University sued the Trump administration on Friday, a day after the federal government said it would block the nation's oldest university's ability to enroll foreign students.