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The Trump administration faces an uphill battle in its fight to remove Harvard University‘s ability to enroll foreign students, as President Donald Trump takes aim at the university for its alleged violations of civil rights laws and executive orders.
Harvard cannot enroll foreign students for the next school year and existing foreign students will be required to transfer.
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College officials fear that President Trump may use international enrollment as leverage to demand changes on campuses elsewhere.
Department of Homeland Security's decision to terminate the university's Student and Exchange Visitor Program could affect more than 300 international students who are enrolled in Harvard Law's J.D. and LL.
Legal experts say the smuggling charge against Kseniia Petrova is unlikely to be upheld, though it could bolster deportation efforts.
Harvard and the federal government are locked in a battle that boils down to turning over records on international students. But Harvard says it is also about the First Amendment.