A Boston-based federal judge placed a temporary restraining order Friday on the Trump administration, blocking it from revoking Harvard University's foreign student program, saying it will cause "immediate and irreparable injury.

A day after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the Trump administration was terminating Harvard University's foreign student visa "privileges," a federal judge has temporarily blocked the administration from halting the program.

A U.S. judge temporarily halted the Donald Trump administration's effort to revoke Harvard University's ability to enroll international students on Friday, reports said, giving a relief to foreign students at the Ivy League school.