Politics

Judge Slaps Down Trump’s Foreign Student Crackdown in Scorched-Earth Ruling

T.K.O.

The judge blasted the Trump administration for having “wreaked havoc” on the students’ lives.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attend a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission event, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 22, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
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A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration’s move to revoke the legal statuses of thousands of international students across nationwide universities.

The injunction—which also stops the administration from arresting or detaining foreign-born students on the basis of immigration status—comes after the Trump administration revoked and then reinstated the...

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