Harvard, MIT seek temporary halt to Trump administration rule on international students

Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have asked a federal court to temporarily block a Trump administration rule that would bar foreign students from remaining in the United States if their universities are not holding in-person classes this fall, Harvard's president said in an email on Wednesday.

Harvard President Lawrence Bacow said in an email addressed to the Harvard community: "Within the last hour, we filed pleadings together with MIT in the US District Court in Boston seeking a temporary restraining order prohibiting enforcement of the order. We will pursue this case vigorously so that our international students - and international students at institutions across the country - can continue their studies without the threat of deportation." (Reporting By Dan Burns Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)