Harvard sues Trump administration to protect international students

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Source: Washington Post

Updated May 23, 2025 at 8:39 a.m. EDT


Harvard University filed a lawsuit Friday morning against the Trump administration, challenging the abrupt federal revocation of the school’s ability to enroll international students.

On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security revoked Harvard University’s certification to admit foreign students, escalating President Donald Trump’s pitched battle with the Ivy League school.
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The revocation was the latest in a series of government actions to retaliate against Harvard, university president Alan Garber said in a letter to the campus community Friday morning, “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. “We condemn this unlawful and unwarranted action,” he wrote.

Garber said Harvard would seek a temporary restraining order to block the revocation. The DHS action would put about 7,000 students at immediate risk of losing their visa status.

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Link to SUIT (PDF) - https://www.harvard.edu/research-funding/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2025/05/Harvard-Visa-Complaint.pdf


Article updated.

Original article/headline -

Harvard will sue Trump administration to protect international students

May 23, 2025 at 8:26 a.m. EDT


Harvard University said it planned to file a lawsuit Friday morning against the Trump administration, challenging the abrupt federal revocation of the school's ability to enroll international students.

On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security revoked Harvard University's certification to admit foreign students, escalating President Donald Trump's pitched battle with the Ivy League school.

The revocation was the latest in a series of government actions to retaliate against Harvard, university president Alan Garber said in a letter to the campus community Friday morning, "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. "We condemn this unlawful and unwarranted action," he wrote.

Garber said Harvard would seek a temporary restraining order to block the revocation. The DHS action would put about 7,000 students at immediate risk of losing their visa status.