Harvard, Trump administration and federal agencies
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More than 1.1 million international students were enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities in the 2023-2024 school year.
In the lawsuit filed early Friday in federal court in Boston, the Ivy League school called out the government’s ban as a violation of the Constitution and warned that it would have an “immediate and devastating effect for Harvard and more than 7,000 visa holders.”
For students around the world, an acceptance letter to Harvard University has represented the pinnacle of achievement.
The administration has frozen funding and targeted international students as it presses the university for a stronger response to alleged antisemitism.