US Offers to ‘Simplify’ Harvard Case Over Foreign Student Ban
The Baker Library of the Harvard Business School on the Harvard University campus in Boston, Massachusetts, US.
Photographer: Sophie Park/BloombergThe Trump administration offered Wednesday to “simplify” its lawsuit with Harvard University over a proposed ban on international student enrollment as both sides face off in a broader dispute involving billions in frozen federal funding.
The shift is the latest twist in litigation over the government’s attempt in May to revoke Harvard’s ability to enroll international students, citing claims of campus antisemitism and alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party. A federal judge quickly blocked the move.