The U.S. State Department directed all U.S. missions abroad and consular sections to resume processing Harvard University student and exchange visitor visas after a federal judge in Boston last week temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's ban on foreign students at the Ivy League institution.

The reversal comes after a judge issued a temporary restraining order last week when Trump sought to bar Harvard's international students from the country.

On its Cambridge campus and in a Boston courtroom, Harvard touted its international students as vital contributors to its makeup.