A judge has ordered a temporary restraining order blocking the Administration from revoking Harvard's certification.

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White said the Trump administration “acted arbitrarily and capriciously” in efforts to terminate foreign students’ visas and that nationwide relief was appropriate.

“We saw that just with the spring sort of enrollment and intake, there was a 13% decline in enrollment of graduate students in the United States,” said Fanta Aw, CEO of NAFSA, Association of International Educators. “And we know the spring semester has a smaller intake. The majority of intake for universities are in the fall.”

A judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from terminating the legal status of international students nationwide while a court case challenging previous terminations plays out.

Investigators have seized writings that they believe belong to the suspect as they search for a motive in the fatal attack.

As the U.S. government begins reinstating international students’ records following an expansive crackdown, many face a daunting and complicated path toward rebuilding their lives.

This decline is part of a broader tightening of international student admissions. Overall, Canada issued 96,015 study permits in early 2025 — a significant drop from 121,070 the year before.

The Trump administration’s threat to block Harvard from enrolling international students would remove more than a quarter of the university’s student body, a share large enough to rock its campus and,