In an escalating battle, the Trump administration blocked Harvard University's ability to enroll international students and to keep current foreign students enrolled.

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Friday temporarily halted the Trump administration's ban on international students, following a petition from Harvard to block it.

Families are "completely frantic," said a private college consultant with clients recently accepted into Harvard's Class of 2029.

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Immediately after the Trump administration blocked Harvard University on Thursday from enrolling future international students and retaining currently enrolled foreign students, some members of next year's freshman class started scrambling.

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