Trump Admin Signals Willingness To Work With Harvard Over Foreign Students

The Trump administration has stated a willingness to “meet and confer” and consider “counterproposals” from Harvard in the battle over the university’s foreign students.

Harvard sued the administration in May after it attempted to block the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign students. With Harvard already earning an injunction against the order, the Trump administration is now signaling a willingness to settle with the university by agreeing not to enforce its revocation of Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification, according to a Wednesday court filing.

“Defendants proposed this stipulation to Plaintiff in an attempt to jointly simplify the case,” the court filing reads. “Defendants also made clear that they were open to counterproposals and a meet and confer. Plaintiff did not accept.”

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in May notified Harvard its SEVP certification has been revoked, preventing the school from enrolling new foreign students and demanding all foreign students currently enrolled at the school transfer elsewhere, citing a “toxic campus climate.” Harvard promptly sued and earned a restraining order