Trump’s push to strip Harvard of its student visa authority faces legal roadblocks as a judge intervenes and experts warn of fallout for 7,000 international students and beyond.

Attorneys for Harvard University and the Trump administration faced off in court Thursday – as the embattled school held its commencement not far away – in a case involving the administration’s bid to ban the enrollment of foreign students.

Harvard University President Alan Garber opened his remarks to the graduating class of 2025 on Thursday with praise for its students—domestic and foreign—after President Donald Trump's attempt to stop the school from enrolling international students.

Harvard’s commencement celebrated diversity and truth amid legal battles with the Trump administration, marking a defiant moment for the university.

Some social media speculation is that the president is cutting billions of dollars in funding to the Ivy League institution because it rejected his son as a student.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed the “last thing” he wants to do is hurt Harvard, while his administration is still relentlessly hammering the elite university and as he mounted a new demand for the school to cap its admission of international students.

Calif., discusses the Trump administration looking into the student visa process on 'The Bottom Line.'

Harvard has requested a preliminary injunction that would prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from revoking the school’s ability to enroll international students under the visa programs.