US Court Extends Pause On Trump Bid To Block Harvard Foreign Students

Donald Trump has tried a host of different tactics to block the Ivy League institution enrolling and educating international students.

Washington:

A judge on Monday extended a restraining order pausing Donald Trump's ban on Harvard bringing in and hosting foreign students as part of the US president's escalating campaign against the elite university. 

Trump has tried a host of different tactics to block the Ivy League institution enrolling and educating international students.

They have included seeking to remove Harvard from an electronic student immigration registry, and instructing foreign embassies to deny visas to students hoping to attend the Massachusetts-based university.

Harvard had sued the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies to block the efforts, arguing that they were illegal and unconstitutional.

It previously secured a temporary restraining order against the government, which federal Judge Allison Burroughs extended Monday at a hearing in Boston.

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