The federal judge prevents the Trump administration from provoke the registration of foreign students in Harvard

Washington (AP) – A federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Friday to cut the registration of Harvard foreign students, an action that the Ivy League school denounced as an unconstitutional retaliation for challenging the political demands of the White House.

In his lawsuit filed early in the Federal Court of Boston, Harvard said that the government’s action violates the first amendment and will have an “immediate and devastating effect for Harvard and more than 7,000 visas holders.”

“With the coup of a pen, the government has tried to erase a quarter of the Harvard student body, international students who contribute significantly to the university and its mission,” Harvard said in his demand. “Without his international students, Harvard is not Harvard.”

The temporary restriction order was granted by the United States District Judge Allison Burroughs.

The Trump administration movement has launched the campus on disorder days before graduation. Harvard said in demand. International students who manage laboratories, teach courses, help teachers and participate in Harvard sports now stay deciding whether to transfer or risk losing legal status to remain in the country, according to the presentation.

The impact is heavier in postgraduate schools, such as the Harvard Kennedy school, where almost half of the student body comes from abroad, and Harvard Business School, which is approximately one international third.

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Along with its impact on current students, the movement blocks thousands of students who planned to come for summer and autumn classes.

Harvard said he immediately puts school at a disadvantage, since he competes for the best students in the world. Even if you recover the ability to house students, “future applicants can shy away from applying for fear of the most reprisals of the Government,” said the demand.

If the government’s action is, Harvard said, the university could not offer admission to new international students for at least the next two academic years. Schools that have this certification withdrawn by the federal government are not eligible to re -apply up to a year later, said Harvard.

Harvard enrolls almost 6,800 foreign students on their campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Most are postgraduate students and come from more than 100 countries.

The National Security Department announced the action on Thursday, accusing Harvard of creating an insecure campus environment by allowing “anti -American and proterrorist agitators” to assault Jewish students on the campus. He also accused Harvard of coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party, stating that the school had housed and trained members of a Chinese paramilitary group as recently as 2024.

The president of Harvard, Alan Garber, said earlier this month, the university has made changes in his government during the last year, including a broad strategy to combat anti -Semitism, said Harvard would not move on his “central principles and legally protected” for fear of reprisals. Harvard has said that he will respond at a time after the accusations raised for the first time by the Republicans of the House of Representatives about coordination with the Chinese Communist Party.

The threat to Harvard’s international registration comes from a April 16 request from the National Secretary of National Security Kristi Noem, who demanded that Harvard provide information about foreign students who could involve them in violence or protests that could lead to deportation.

Harvard says he provided “thousands of data points” in response to the demand of April 16 by Noem. His letter on Thursday said that Harvard did not comply with his request, but the school said he could not provide any additional explanation.

“Makes generalized statements about the environment of the campus and the” anti -Americanism “, again without articulating any rational link between those statements and the decision to reprition against international students,” said the lawsuit.

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Harvard’s demand said the administration violated government regulations to withdraw the certification of a school.

The Government can and eliminates universities from the Student and Visitors’ Exchange Program, making them not eligible to organize foreign students on their campus. However, it is generally for administrative reasons described in the law, such as not maintaining accreditation, lacking adequate facilities for classes or not using qualified professional staff.

Noem said Harvard can recover his ability to organize foreign students if he produces a treasure of records in foreign students within 72 hours. Your updated application requires all records, including audio or video images, of foreign students participating in dangerous protests or activities on the campus.

The demand is separated from the previous one from the university that defies more than $ 2 billion in federal cuts imposed by the Republican Administration.

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News writer Annie Ma, contributed to this report.