A federal judge has halted President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to block international students from coming to Harvard University. The temporary restraining order issued late Thursday by US District Judge Allison Burroughs came hours after the university urged the judge to step in on an emergency basis to block a proclamation Trump signed a day earlier that suspends international visas for new students.

Harvard University on Thursday filed a legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s efforts to block visas for foreign students planning to attend the Ivy League college.“Singling out our institution for its enrollment of international students and its collaboration with other educational institutions around the world is yet another illegal step taken by the Administration to retaliate against Harvard,

This week, a federal judge sided with Harvard in one of its two lawsuits, blocking an order by President Trump to prevent international students from enrolling.

Alumni day held amid legal battle with white house Hundreds of graduates from America's oldest university are rallying in support of its legal battle with the Trump administration. Hundreds have delivered a message of solidarity and defiance at Harvard.

A group of 18 leading US research universities, including Princeton, MIT, Caltech and Johns Hopkins, asked a federal judge for permission to file legal arguments in support of Harvard University in its high-stakes showdown with the Trump administration over more than $2 billion in frozen grant money.

In its campaign to pressure elite US colleges to make a wide range of policy changes, the administration of President Donald Trump has come down hardest on Harvard University.

Trump is taking on Columbia University's accreditation, and he has called the designation, required for students to receive federal aid, his "secret weapon."