Harvard to sue Trump administration
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The administration has frozen funding and targeted international students as it presses the university for a stronger response to alleged antisemitism.
Harvard is the first school to sue the administration after a back-and-forth between President Alan Garber and most of Trump's team.
For students around the world, an acceptance letter to Harvard University has represented the pinnacle of achievement.
Harvard and the federal government are locked in a battle that boils down to turning over records on international students. But Harvard says it is also about the First Amendment.
Legal experts say the smuggling charge against Kseniia Petrova is unlikely to be upheld, though it could bolster deportation efforts.