Judge extends order against Trump bid to block Harvard’s foreign students

Legal relief now to run until June 23 amid American president’s claim that university’s engagement with China is a national security concern

The order would be in place while Burroughs weighs issuing a longer-term injunction.

In issuing the proclamation on June 4, the Trump administration cited the university’s engagement with China along with other national security concerns. It marked the first time Trump used his executive powers to limit Harvard’s ability to host foreign students.

In an amendment to its lawsuit from last month to challenge the new directive, Harvard said the US president’s proclamation was “an end run around” Burroughs’ previous decision and that it violated the First Amendment of the US Constitution.