The latest confrontation between Harvard University and the Trump administration began last month with a far-reaching demand for data on international students.

U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs agreed to grant Harvard's request for immediate relief and set a hearing for May 29, during which she will consider whether to issue a preliminary injunction in the case. Her order blocks the Trump administration from revoking Harvard's certification in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program.

The president’s fight threatens to leave the school a different place even if it ultimately wins its lawsuits.

"It would be devastating," a former president of Harvard — and frequent critic of the university — said of the government's attempt to prevent Harvard from enrolling foreign students.

Harvard University is suing the Trump administration after it blocked the college’s ability to enroll new international students. In the latest development in the feud between Harvard and the federal government,