Posted on 05/23/2025 10:06:08 AM PDT by thegagline
[Judge Allison Burroughs] has temporarily paused the Trump administration's move to cancel Harvard's student visa program.
Harvard filed suit against the Trump administration over the policy, and a judge granted its request for a temporary restraining order to preserve status quo while the case plays out in court.
Judge Allison Burroughs, a 2014 Obama appointee, set a hearing for 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday in Boston federal court.
Harvard said the policy will affect more than 7,000 visa holders — nearly a quarter of the student body — and is a "blatant violation of the First Amendment, the Due Process Clause, and the Administrative Procedure Act," per its court filing.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) moved to terminate the program after Harvard allegedly failed to provide it with the extensive behavioral records of student visa holders the department requested. DHS offered Harvard 72 hours on Thursday to come into compliance with the request and re-enter into the visa program.
As of now, Harvard may no longer enroll foreign students in the 2025–2026 school year, and existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status to reside in the U.S. before the next academic year begins.
University President Alan Garber said a motion for a temporary restraining order to put the policy on pause while their court case against it plays out would be filed next.
It is the latest act by the government in clear retaliation for Harvard exercising its First Amendment rights to reject the government’s demands to control Harvard’s governance, curriculum, and the "ideology" of its faculty and students," Harvard wrote in its complaint.
The records requested include any footage of protest activity involving students on visas and the disciplinary records of all students on visas in the past five years.
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U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs (Blocked Trump from cancelling Harvard’s student visa program)
U.S. District Judge Hellerstein (Blocked Trump from deporting illegal alien gang members under the Aliens Enemies Act)
U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell ( Impeachment, January 6th etc),
U.S. District Court Judge Adam Abelson, (injunction against Trump terminating DEI grants and programs )
U.S. District Court Judge James E. Boasberg (holding the Trump Administration in contempt for not returning the plane full of Venezuelan gang members; injunction against deportation of Venezuelan gang members )
U.S. District Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein, (twice rejectedTrump’s effort to move his hush money criminal case from New York state court to federal court)
U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander ( Blocked DOGE from accessing Social Security Administration records)
U.S. District Court Judge Paul Engelmayer(Injunction DOGE Dept of Treasury, referred to Trump as a tyrant),
Marc Elias( over 60 lawsuits attacking voter ID laws),
U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan (E. Jean Carroll sexual assault case),
Judge Engoron (NY civil fraud case- levied $350,000,000 fine on Trump)
Jeffrey Goldberg (dual US-Israel citizen, former member of the Israel Defense Forces, leaked classified Signal meeting details in possible controvention of the the Espionage Act and the Official Secrets Act)
Merrick Garland,
Shenna Bellows (Maine Secretary of State-Ordered Trump off the ballot ) ,
Jena Griswold (Colorado Secretary of State, ordered Trump off the ballot ),
George Soros,
Reid Hoffman (financial support for E Jean Carroll),
Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin( financing the violent attacks against Tesla),
Judge David Ezra (stayed Texas law that permitted the arrest of illegals ),
Alejando Mayorkas,
Norm Eisen( Impeachment, lawsuits)
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (Called for mass mobilization and disruption against Republicans-“These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace.”
Senator Elissa Slotkin (Impeachment, “war plan” against Trump)
Senator Chuck Schumer (Called for Trump 45 and 47 impeachment)
Senator Jon Ossoff (Called for Trump to be impeached in 2025)
Adam Schiff ( impeachment, evidence of Russian collusion)
Rep. Laura Friedman (colluding with state AGs to engage in lawfare against Trump)
Senator Brian Schatz (Holding up over 300 of Trump’s nominations )
Rep. Jamie Raskin ( threatened foreign governments that support Trump, co-sponsored legislation to keep Trump of the ballot)
Rep. Sara Jacobs (Congress- Bill to defund DOGE)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman- Schultz( co-sponsored legislation to remove Trump from the ballot),
of course she did
they are kinda automatic
25% of the harvard student body is foreign?
Honestly who needs a President, just have judges making all the rules and thats it
But honestly what is going on on college campuses you cant 100 percent blame on international students, I see the pro hamas rallies MANY of them are white brainwashed idiots, cant deport them..the problem is that it might be too late to save universities, you have left wing professors American born, teaching young people to hate Jews, hate Israel and hate America, once they are brainwashed thats it, they become another Elias Rodriguez and the rest is history
If this keeps up Trump is going to lose support for listening to these twerps. They need to be arrested. They can’t interfere in matters of State and foreign policy. All we ever hear from our justice dept is Hannity like announcements about how they’re gonna do something. Trump’s worst picks.
TRO notwithstanding, what foreign student would continue trying to get set up for Harvard this Fall when there’s a good chance they won’t be allowed to set foot on campus. Even if Harvard wins... they’ve already lost. Their only recourse is to comply.
It’s not a first amendment issue. It’s not a due process issue. It may be an Administrative Procedure Act issue. The Admin wants to revoke their “license” to enroll foreigners. This is not a right they have it’s a privilege. It would be a right IF they accepted no federal funds AND the students otherwise obtained a visa independent of the need to have one to attend school.
In any case there are a lot of good reasons for requesting student records. Many issues are handled on campus via campus police or campus committees. When kids are accused of various kinds of assaults on each other they don’t call the police, they handle it internally. This has the effect of hiding or scrubbing records or, students get punished without due process, confronting witnesses etc. Likewise if a student (or faculty for that matter) were to collude with a foreign governments or worse foreign terror groups, it too would get hidden unless the FBI caught wind of it. They accept federal funds they need to follow federal laws and regulations. Not a 1A thing at all.
Time to block future and remove present, foreign born judges. Totally
Really. Cancel all their visas.
And students are bound to know they will eventually lose and make other plans.
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Honestly who needs a President, just have judges making all the rules
People miss the point. Irrelevant what this judge does.
The Executive branch controls ALL issuing of visas. There won’t be another one permitted.
“Requested records also include footage or documentation of illegal, dangerous or violent activity by student visa holders, any records of threats or the deprivation of rights of other students or university personnel.”
The requests would be nothing more than might be requested and granted as part of discovery in a civil suit.
Ban all foreign student visas .
Great list of American scumbags, thanks for sharing!
Maybe District Court Judges should form a conference and set and control government actions and legislation.
The First Amendment does not safeguard the issuance of Kristalnacht like incitement.
Advocating for the genocide of Jews is supported by the 1st amendment?
That gets one a TRO ?
Man, things are changing fiat and fast.
When will the shooting start?
Didn’t the Supreme Court just step in and say that this can’t happen. I guess I need to go read that decision word for word.
Having been a student at a public University for a long time, including graduate school, this is what goes through my mind:
What about the students who have done nothing illegal or anti semantic? Why punish them and mess up their lives? For example a Chemical major in the Dr program has to create a new molecule that has a real purpose. That might take 6 years. And comes now the Prez after 3 years of trying and says your free life as you know it is ruined. You have to stop the research and start all over again somewhere else if you can. I know you have been teaching classes also. But a hand full of people are upsetting the Prez so he will punish all out of country students..... I know it doesn’t sound like this could happen in the USA, but that is why there are courts to be sure the laws are followed.
The CCP requires all foreign students to the US to spy for them. I don’t know why all Chinese students should be denied student visas unless they are vetted and have a legitimate case for asylum.
A judge would have a harder time blocking such an action on national security grounds; blocking spies and espionage.
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