Judge Considers Block on Trump Admin’s Bid to Prevent Foreign Students From Attending Harvard

The president issued a proclamation stating that the entry of foreign nationals studying at Harvard was detrimental to U.S. interests.

Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on June 8, 2025. Learner Liu/The Epoch Times

BOSTON—A federal judge heard arguments on June 16 over whether to issue a more permanent block on the Trump administration’s attempt to halt the flow of foreign students into Harvard University.

The hearing was the latest in a series of confrontations between President Donald Trump and the school he says has failed to address anti-Semitism and has foreign entanglements that threaten national security. Harvard says that Trump is using their foreign students as a pawn in what it says is a broader unconstitutional assault on the school and its academic freedom.