Harvard asked a federal judge on Wednesday to issue a preliminary injunction blocking the United States Department of Internal Security to revoke its certification to accommodate international students, warning irreparable damage to university and its affiliation.
The motion comes only a few days after a federal judge granted Harvard a temporary ban prescription preventing the DHS from enforcing His order to undress Harvard of his certification of the student and exchange program for visitors.
This tro – published last Friday – only grants short -term repairs while the court examines the next steps. He will expire after a judicial hearing scheduled for May 29, during which the judge supervising the case, Allison D. Burroughs, will decide to grant Harvard a preliminary injunction.
The injunction, if granted, would extend the protections in the Tro and maintain the Harvard SEVP certification intact while the trial is advancing.
If Harvard’s SEVP certification is permanently revoked, more than 7,000 international students from the university are unable to stay in Harvard or stay legally in the United States unless they are able to transfer to other universities.
In an additional seven -page statement filed in parallel with the motion, the director of the Harvard International Bureau, Maureen Martin, described the cascades of the revocation of May 22. The students ignored graduation ceremonies, canceled international trips and, in some cases, began to request a transfer, according to the memo. Some have also pointed out fears of being forced to return to countries where they are faced with an active conflict or a political persecution.
Maureen wrote that students and academics were faced with “significant emotional distress”, with many uncertain people if they could return to the campus in the fall. Several incoming and invited university students were denied visas in the days that followed the revocation.
This is a story in development and will be updated.
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