By Sam Tabahriti, Charlotte Van Campenhout and Anna Dittrich LONDON/AMSTERDAM/HEMHOFEN, Germany (Reuters) -Thousands of foreign students at Harvard University were stuck in administrative limbo and looking for alternatives on Friday after U.

A judge has ordered a temporary restraining order blocking the Administration from revoking Harvard's certification.

Harvard University has been at the forefront of President Donald Trump‘s efforts to curtail antisemitism in higher education. The Ivy League institution has pushed back against these efforts more than other schools have,

The university has more than 20,000 international students enrolled at its campuses worldwide and they comprise 16 percent of the undergraduate student body.

The Trump administration abruptly ended Harvard’s ability to enroll international students on Thursday — jeopardizing the legal status of more than one in four students on campus. Less than a day later,

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.

For students around the world, an acceptance letter to Harvard University has represented the pinnacle of achievement.

Well, let's shift our focus here and talk about Donald Trump's fight with Harvard University, because, yesterday, the Trump administration, as you both know, took the extraordinary step of blocking international students from attending Harvard.