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The White House’s attempt to block incoming foreign students from Harvard was still on ice on June 18, with a judge extending temporary protection while she weighed the case. The administration’s effort to use immigration power against a university had already become a showcase for legal overreach and a needless own-goal in the culture-war department.
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The White House’s attempt to block incoming foreign students from Harvard was still on ice on June 18, with a judge extending temporary protection while she weighed the case. The administration’s effort to use immigration power against a university had already become a showcase for legal overreach and a needless own-goal in the culture-war department.
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