India, May 24 -- US District Judge Allison Dale Burroughs on Friday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a ban on international students at Harvard University by suspending the school's SEVP certification. She ruled that the government can't enforce the ban, which it imposed the day before.

The Obama-appointed judge's ruling came hours after Harvard sued the government in a Boston federal court. Burroughs has granted the university a temporary restraining order, finding that it would sustain "immediate and irreparable injury" if the Department of Homeland Security directive went into effect.

This means Harvard will not be forced to stop enrolling international students immediately. The TRO will remain in place until the court...