A federal judge late Thursday temporarily blocked President Trump's move to ban foreign students from traveling to the United States to attend Harvard University, hours after the Ivy League school called the policy illegal retaliation for Harvard's rejection of White House demands.
U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs granted Harvard's request for a temporary restraining order . In a brief ruling, Burroughs barred the Trump administration from implementing the new policy.
In an amended complaint filed earlier Thursday, the university called the president's action an end-run around a previous court order by Burroughs last month, which blocked the Department of Homeland Security from revoking Harvard's ability to host foreign students.
The filing attacked Trump's legal just