Harvard University is challenging President Donald Trump’s move to block foreign students from coming to the United States to attend the Ivy League school, calling it illegal retaliation for Harvard’s rejection of White House demands.

In an amended complaint filed Thursday, Harvard called the president’s action an end-run around a previous court order.

Last month, a federal judge blocked the Department of Homeland Security from revoking Harvard’s ability to host foreign students.

Harvard University filed a legal challenge against the Trump administration’s move to block foreign students from entering the United States to study at the college. AFP via Getty Images

The filing attacks Trump’s legal justification for the action — a federal law allowing him to block a “class of aliens” d

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