U.S. judge puts temporary hold on Trump’s latest ban on Harvard’s foreign students

U.S. judge puts temporary hold on Trump’s latest ban on Harvard’s foreign students

Harvard University's international enrolment has grown from 11 per cent of the student body three decades ago to 26 per cent today.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a proclamation by U.S. President Donald Trump that banned foreign students from entering the U.S. to attend Harvard University.

Trump’s proclamation was the latest attempt by his Republican administration to prevent the country’s oldest and wealthiest college from enrolling a quarter of its students, who account for much of its research and scholarship.

It’s the second time in a month Harvard’s incoming foreign students have had their plans thrown into jeopardy, only to see a court intervene. Alan Wang, a 22-year-old from China who