A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from cutting off Harvard's enrollment of foreign students, an action the Ivy League school decried as unconstitutional retaliation for defying the White House맥스카지노�s political demands.In its lawsuit filed earlier Friday in federal court in Boston, Harvard said the government맥스카지노�s action violates the First Amendment and will have an 맥스카지노�immediate and devastating effect for Harvard and more than 7,000 visa holders.맥스카지노�READ THE COURT FILING HERE맥스카지노�With the stroke of a pen, the government has sought to erase a quarter of Harvard맥스카지노�s student body, international students who contribute significantly to the University and its mission,맥스카지노� Harvard said in its suit. 맥스카지노�Without its international students, Harvard is not Harvard.맥스카지노�The temporary restraining order was granted by U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs.The Trump administration move has thrown campus into disarray days before graduation. Harvard said in the suit. International students who run labs, teach courses, assist professors and participate in Harvard sports are now left deciding whether to transfer or risk losing legal status to stay in the country, according to the filing.The impact is heaviest at graduate schools such as the Harvard Kennedy School, where almost half the student body comes from abroad, and Harvard Business School, which is about one-third international.Along with its impact on current students, the move blocks thousands of students who were planning to come for summer and fall classes.Harvard said it immediately puts the school at a disadvantage as it competes for the world's top students. Even if it regains the ability to host students, 맥스카지노�future applicants may shy away from applying out of fear of further reprisals from the government,맥스카지노� the suit said.If the government's action stands, Harvard said, the university would be unable to offer admission to new international students for at least the next two academic years. Schools that have that certification withdrawn by the federal government are ineligible to reapply until one year afterward, Harvard said.Harvard enrolls almost 6,800 foreign students at its campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Most are graduate students and they come from more than 100 countries.The Department of Homeland Security announced the action Thursday, accusing Harvard of creating an unsafe campus environment by allowing 맥스카지노�anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators맥스카지노� to assault Jewish students on campus. It also accused Harvard of coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party, contending the school had hosted and trained members of a Chinese paramilitary group as recently as 2024.Harvard President Alan Garber earlier this month said the university has made changes to its governance over the past year and a half, including a broad strategy to combat antisemitism, He said Harvard would not budge on its 맥스카지노�its core, legally-protected principles맥스카지노� over fears of retaliation. Harvard has said it will respond at a later time to allegations first raised by House Republicans about coordination with the Chinese Communist Party.The threat to Harvard맥스카지노�s international enrollment stems from an April 16 request from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who demanded that Harvard provide information about foreign students that might implicate them in violence or protests that could lead to their deportation.Harvard says it provided 맥스카지노�thousands of data points맥스카지노� in response to Noem맥스카지노�s April 16 demand. Her letter on Thursday said Harvard failed to satisfy her request, but the school said she failed to provide any further explanation.맥스카지노�It makes generalized statements about campus environment and 맥스카지노�anti-Americanism,맥스카지노� again without articulating any rational link between those statements and the decision to retaliate against international students,맥스카지노� the suit said.Harvard's lawsuit said the administration violated the government's own regulations for withdrawing a school's certification.The government can and does remove colleges from the Student Exchange and Visitor Program, making them ineligible to host foreign students on their campus. However, it맥스카지노�s usually for administrative reasons outlined in law, such as failing to maintain accreditation, lacking proper facilities for classes, or failing to employ qualified professional personnel.Noem said Harvard can regain its ability to host foreign students if it produces a trove of records on foreign students within 72 hours. Her updated request demands all records, including audio or video footage, of foreign students participating in protests or dangerous activity on campus.The lawsuit is separate from the university맥스카지노�s earlier one challenging more than $2 billion in federal cuts imposed by the Republican administration.