Harvard sues Trump administration over ban on enrolling foreign students

It enrols almost 6,800 foreign students at its campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Most are graduate students and they come from more than 100 countries.

FILE - People walk between buildings, Dec. 17, 2024, on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Harvard University is challenging the Trump administration’s decision to bar the Ivy League institution from enrolling foreign students, calling it an unconstitutional retaliation for defying the White House’s political demands.

In a lawsuit filed in a US federal court in Boston, Harvard said the American government’s action violates the country’s First Amendment and will have an “immediate and devastating effect for Harvard and more than 7,000 visa holders”.