More than 50 Kenyan students and scholars at Harvard University can now breathe a sigh of relief after a US court halted a directive that would have forced them out of the institution.
The ruling followed the Trump administration's move to revoke Harvard's authority to enroll non-American learners through the Student and Exchange Visitor Programme (SEVP). The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had earlier ordered the immediate termination of Harvard's SEVP certification.
The move would have blocked the university from admitting new international students and required existing ones to transfer or risk losing their legal immigration status.
Data from Harvard's International Office indicates the university currently hosts 41 Kenyan undergraduate students and five researchers.
