The preliminary injunction from U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs bars the government from cutting off Harvard's access to the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, a federal database that keeps track of student visa applications. The Boston-based judge had previously blocked the policy through a temporary restraining order.

Jurors inquired about possible outcomes that could lead to a hung jury, but Judge Cannone didn't want to cross that road at this stage in deliberations.