The U.S. State Department directed all U.S. missions abroad and consular sections to resume processing Harvard University student and exchange visitor visas after a federal judge in Boston last week temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's ban on foreign students at the Ivy League institution.

The US State Department has resumed issuing visas for Harvard students after a federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump's ban on foreign students. The order prevents the ban from taking effect amid ongoing litigation.

President Donald Trump is moving to block nearly all foreign students from entering the country to attend Harvard University, his latest attempt to choke the Ivy League school from an international pipeline that accounts for a quarter of the student body.