MSNBC Legal Correspondent Lisa Rubin thinks the judge overseeing the Trump-Harvard case is not buying the administration's latest filing.
“It sounds like the judge isn't buying this 11th-hour filing as something that changes the posture of the case,” Rubin told host Ana Cabrera.
Reviewing what the Trump administration filed, Rubin said, “It was a letter that they sent Harvard yesterday informing them of their intent to terminate their ability to enroll foreign students.
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She noted, “If that makes you say, hey, wait a second, didn't they already do that? They did, but what they said previously was, 'We're going to immediately revoke your ability to enroll foreign students now and for the future.'”
The legal analyst went on to explain the new letter from the administration, “has sort of taken a step back and sent Harvard the kind of letter they should have sent, originally referring to the regulatory framework for how you are properly supposed to terminate a University's enrollment in what's called SEVP.”
“That's the program that allows any university throughout the country to enroll foreign students who aren't here on immigrant visas, but rather permission to study here in the country,” Rubin said.
“The student and exchange visitor program,” Cabrera interjected to explain what the acronym ‘SEVP’ means.
“That's correct,” Rubin affirmed before going on to say, “So the judge saying this morning, yeah, maybe the administration did the right thing and sent this letter, but there is so much uncertainty around the program.”
Rubin went on to say, “The fact that they did this at the 11th hour, theoretically, to ward off [the judge’s] preliminary injunction, doesn't change the fact that there are foreign students at Harvard or who are about to enroll in Harvard, for whom this has caused all kinds of confusion.”
“I am inclined to extend my temporary restraining order that I entered last week,” Rubin said. “That means until and unless further notice, Harvard is in the same situation with an ability to enroll foreign students, and the administration can't do anything about it.”
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