Axios: Harvard sues Trump for international student ban

[Dennis Donovan]

Axios - Harvard sues Trump for international student ban

April Rubin
7 mins ago

Harvard University sued the Trump administration on Friday for what it called "clear retaliation" against the school for "exercising its First Amendment rights" after the government barred international student enrollment.

Why it matters: Harvard is becoming the litmus test of how far the Trump administration will go to try taking down colleges and universities it considers to have liberal biases.

• "The revocation continues a series of government actions to retaliate against Harvard for our refusal to surrender our academic independence and to submit to the federal government's illegal assertion of control over our curriculum, our faculty, and our student body," Harvard President Alan Garber said in a statement.

Driving the news: The university will also file a motion for a temporary restraining order to prevent the administration from taking any further action against the school, Garber wrote.

Read the full lawsuit here:

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