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Last Updated:May 23, 2025, 18:32 IST
Harvard University condemned Trump administration's ban on the enrolment of international students, calling the government's actions as "unlawful".
Harvard sues Trump administration over ban move (AP File)
Harvard University has filed a lawsuit in the federal court against the Trump administration’s decision to block the institution from enrolling international students, seeking revocation of the order.
The complaint by one of the world’s most prestigious universities said that Thursday’s decision of the Department of Homeland Security to remove it from the Student and Exchange Visitor Program is illegal, CNN reported.
“It is the latest act by the government in clear retaliation for Harvard exercising its First Amendment rights to reject the government’s demands to control Harvard’s governance, curriculum, and the ‘ideology’ of its faculty and students," Harvard’s complaint read.
The university has asked the judge to immediately block the order passed by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
This comes after the Trump administration on Thursday revoked the university’s ability to enroll international students, following months of conflict between the two over the government’s demands to make changes to campus programming, policies, hiring and admissions to finish antisemitism on campus and end what the government describes as “racist ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’ practices".
The administration has targeted foreign students and staff whom it suspects were involved in controversial campus protests related to the Israel-Hamas war.
“Harvard can no longer enroll foreign students and existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status," the US Department of Homeland Security said in a statement yesterday.
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Location :Washington D.C., United States of America (USA)
First Published:News world 'Retaliation For Exercising Rights': Harvard Sues Trump Govt Over Move To Ban Students
