The United States government has made a U-turn on its decision to revoke foreign student visas, whose courses move online due to Covid-19.
This was confirmed on Tuesday by a federal judge, Allison Burroughs.
“The government has agreed to rescind the decision as well as any implementation of the directive,” Burroughs said in a brief hearing.
It was learned that the universities of Harvard and MIT supported by other institutions, took legal action against the move that the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on July 6.
They prayed the court to block the order announced by ICE, that students must leave the country if their classes are only online, or transfer to a school offering in-person tuition.
A measure that was seen as a move by the Trump’s administration, to put pressure on educational institutions that are adopting a cautious approach to reopening amid the global COVID-19 pandemic.
In their lawsuit, the universities argued that the order would harm students “immensely” both personally and financially.
The Institute of International Education (IIE), disclosed that there were more than one million international students in the US for the 2018/2019 academic year.
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