The Trump administration in April froze grants to Harvard University over concerns about antisemitism on the Ivy League campus and other concerns.

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A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the Trump administration’s freeze of $2.2 billion in funds for Harvard University was illegal.

Judge Allison Burroughs agreed with Harvard’s arguments that the administration imposed the funding freeze in retaliation for the Ivy League university’s refusal to capitulate to demands for reforms that violated First Amendment protections under the Constitution.

The administration froze the grants after Harvard rejected demands that it end its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and screen international students for ideological biases.