Less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump issued a proclamation that blocks Harvard’s foreign students to enter the United States, the university is asking a federal judge to declare proclamation illegal and prevent it from arising in force.
Harvard lawyers made a lawsuit on Thursday afternoon to block the new proclamation, arguing that the first amendment violates and uses the federal law that Trump used to justify the measure.
“Therefore, the president’s actions are not carried out to protect the ‘interests of the United States’, but to pursue a government revenge against Harvard,” said the presentation.
A student who graduated his hat, decorated with a statement of support for international students, during the 374 ° Graduation exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 29, 2025.
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Last week, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration to carry out a similar plan to revoke Harvard’s ability to register international students. In his last presentation, Harvard’s lawyers argued Trump’s proclamation on Wednesday and the effort of the National Security Department to revoke the school’s ability to register international students are illegal and reprisals.
“Each is part of a concerted and growing campaign of retaliation by the Government in a clear remuneration for Harvard exercise their rights of the first amendment to reject the government’s demands to control governance, the curriculum and the ‘ideology’ of its faculty and students,” said the presentation.
Trump signed the proclamation on Wednesday afternoon, invoking the immigration and nationality law to prohibit the entry of non -citizens to enter the United States to study in Harvard for at least six months. Trump argued that the institution “is no longer a reliable administrator” of international students.
The proclamation also ordered the Secretary of State to revoke the visas of foreign students who are already in the United States to study in Harvard.
“I have determined that the entry of the class of foreign citizens described above is harmful to the interests of the United States because, in my opinion, Harvard’s behavior has made it an inappropriate destination for foreign students and researchers,” said the proclamation.
The measure marked an escalation in the ongoing dispute of the Trump administration with Harvard.
Last month, the National Security Department tried A temporary order blocking the movement.
While the Trump administration retreated in motion by giving Harvard 30 days to dispute the revocation, the United States District Judge, Allison Burroughs, said it would issue a preliminary court order last week, temporarily prohibit Trump administration to restrict the school’s ability to house international students.
Trump justified the new proclamation on Wednesday by stating that Harvard has refused to provide information on international students, has “extensive entanglements with foreign countries” and has discriminated against its admission practices. The proclamation also stated that crime rates have “risen” in school and requires that the government investigate the possible misconduct of foreign students.
“These concerns have forced the Federal Government to conclude that Harvard University is no longer a reliable administrator of international student and exchanges visitors,” said the proclamation.
