Ms Burroughs on Friday issued a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration’s decision.
“Admission to the United States to study at an ‘elite’ American university is a privilege, not a right,” Ms Bondi wrote in a statement on X.
Mr Trump stripped Harvard University of the right to enrol international students as a sanction for what his government claimed was tolerating antisemitism.
Harvard accused the administration of a “campaign of retribution” given that the school had rebuffed Mr Trump’s demand to cancel Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programmes.
The Trump administration cancelled billions of dollars in funding from the Ivy League institution and threatened to revoke the tax-exempt status of the institution.
The U.S. embassy said the EducationUSA Fair would facilitate direct interactions with international admissions officers for prospective students.
Ms Shafik becomes the third president of an Ivy-league institution to quit over the demonstrations by students who were aggrieved about Israeli incursion in Gaza.
Harvard insisted that in this “tumultuous and difficult time, we unanimously stand in support of President Gay.”
“Your family’s last name and the size of your bank account are not a measure of merit and should have no bearing on the college admissions process.”
Harvard University has made a U-turn on the rejection of former executive director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth.
