As Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem escalates the administration’s war on the university, Harvard announced that it plans to sue.

The Trump Administration has frozen approximately $2.7 billion in federal funds intended for Harvard University, escalating a conflict with the oldest and wealthiest higher education institution in the United States.

Foreign students make up almost 28 percent of its total student body. The unprecedented move would also force existing students to transfer or lose their legal status.