Harvard has expanded its existing lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration in a fight against new actions trying to prevent its international students from entering the United States.

On Thursday, the prestigious Ivy League school filed an amended complaint that Trump's latest executive order violated the rights of schools and their students.

Just one day after Trump issued an executive order claiming “it is necessary to restrict entry of foreign nationals seeking to enter only or primarily enter the United States.”

He called Harvard's international students "foreigners" and their arrival "will be detrimental to the interests of the United States." As a result, he said that under the Immigration and Nationality Act, he had the right to deny their entry into the country.

But in a court application Thursday, Harvard dismissed the argument as Trump's latest Salvo that damaged the school for months.

The amended complaint said: "The president's actions are not intended to protect the 'U.S. interests', but to pursue government hatred against Harvard."

It further claims that by issuing new executive orders to limit student entry, the Trump administration is trying to circumvent existing court orders to prevent it from blocking Harvard’s registration of foreign students.

The complaint calls on U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs to expand its temporary restraining order, including Trump's latest attack on foreign students at Harvard University.

"Harvard's more than 7,000 F-1 and J-1 visa holders and their families have become pawns in the government's escalating revenge campaign," Harvard wrote.

Trump started campaigning for Harvard and other prestigious schools earlier this year after serving as president. He accused the university of failing to protest against the Palestinian solidarity against Palestine where the Israeli war against Gaza occurred on campus.

The president convened anti-Semitism demonstrations and promised to evacuate foreign students from the participating United States. Meanwhile, protest organizers believe that their goals are non-violent and that actions of a few have been used to constrain the overall movement.

Critics also accused Trump of using the protests as greater control over universities in the country, including private schools such as Harvard University and its Ivy League compatriot Columbia University.

In early March, protest camps in Colombia imitated campuses across the country - receiving $400 million in federal funding from the budget.

The school later agreed to a list of requirements released by the Trump administration, including changes to its discipline policy and a review of the Middle East research program.

Harvard also got a list of compliance requirements. But unlike Colombia, it refused, citing fears that restrictions would limit its academic freedom.

The Trump administration’s demands include ending Harvard’s diversity program and allowing the federal government to review its recruitment and admissions procedures to “build diversity of perspectives.” When these requirements are not met, it will deprive Harvard of federal funds to reach billions of dollars.

Trump also threatened to revoke the school’s tax-free status and ban it from obtaining future federal research grants.

But attacks on Harvard international students could also take away tuition income. Nearly a quarter of Harvard’s overall student population comes from overseas.

In May, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would revoke Harvard’s access system, the Student Exchange Visitor Program, where information about its foreign students is required.

If they were in the country on a student visa, it would have forced students currently recruiting Harvard to move to another school. This will also prevent Harvard from accepting any further international students.

But Harvard sued the Trump administration, saying its actions were "retaliatory" and "illegal".

On May 23, Judge Blaus approved an emergency petition from Harvard, demanding a restriction order to prevent the restrictions from taking effect. But since then, the Trump administration has continued to put pressure on Harvard and other schools.

For example, earlier this week, the Trump administration wrote a letter to the Governor of Columbia University, accusing New York City of less than federal civil rights laws.