Trump Harvard ban: US president suspends foreign student visas

US president says the move to restrict foreign student visas at Harvard is to safeguard national security.

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The US president issued the proclamation on Wednesday, citing "national security" concerns and declaring it "detrimental" to US interests to continue allowing foreign students at the institution.

Harvard has responded by calling the order "retaliatory" and emphasised it would continue to protect its international students, according to Reuters news agency.

Trump's announcement is a further escalation of an ongoing legal row with one of the US's most prestigious universities after Harvard refused to yield to a series of White House demands in April.

Watch: Harvard president gets standing ovation as he praises international students at commencementWednesday's order comes after a judge blocked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from banning international students at Harvard in a ruling last week.