A judge has issued a temporary restraining order ruling that the Trump administration cannot bar international students at Harvard from entering the U.S.

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's move to revoke Harvard's visa program, halting a plan critics say could jeopardize international students and escalate court battles.

As legal battles drag out, and possibly work their way up to a firmly conservative Supreme Court, the school is at an increasing disadvantage, some observers point out.

A federal judge has halted President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to block international students from coming to Harvard University.

The temporary reprieve came as the US judge ruled that Harvard would face "immediate and irreparable injury" if the proclamation went into effect.