“It’s like somebody flipped a light switch on,” said one attorney whose client had a visa termination suddenly reversed.

BOSTON: The Trump administration said on Friday (Apr 25) it is restoring the previously terminated legal statuses of hundreds of foreign students in the United States while it develops a policy that will provide a framework for potentially ending them in the future. The decision was ann

BOSTON >> The Trump administration said today it is restoring the previously terminated legal statuses of hundreds of foreign students in the United States while it develops a policy that will provide a framework for potentially ending them in the future.

Immigration officials signaled that the Trump administration would continue to pursue efforts to terminate the legal status of the students, despite a wave of legal challenges.

The federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students after many filed court challenges around the U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the country after many filed court challenges against the Trump administration crackdown, federal officials said Friday. The records in a federal student database maintained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement had been terminated in recent weeks. Judges across […]

Lack of communication seemed to permeate court proceedings and statements from officials across the country Friday as news trickled in slowly about the reversals.

The terminations, which were made from a database used by universities and the federal government to track foreign students in the US, had caused panic among the affected students.

The sweeping effort had jeopardized the legal status of thousands of international students in the United States.

In a major reversal, the Trump administration has restored the student visa status of thousands of foreign students whose records were recently terminated due to minor or dismissed legal infractions. 🌎 Donald Trump Administration Reinstates Student Visas for Thousands of Foreign Students After Backlash.

The federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the U.S. after many filed court challenges against the Trump administration crackdown, government lawyers said Friday. The records in a federal student database maintained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had been terminated in recent weeks,…

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration reversed course and said it is restoring the student visa registrations of potentially thousands of foreign students in the U.S. whose legal status was abruptly terminated, setting off a scramble among students who feared being deported immediately. The Justice Department announced the decision in a filing on April 25 in U.S. district court in Massachusetts. Universities have reported some students being forced to leave immediately, in many cases after discovering their visas were canceled in the federal Student Exchange and Visitor Information System (SEVIS) or via an unexpected text or email. Universities and the government use the database to track foreign students and students rely on it for their authorization to remain in the country. The terminations sparked more than 100 lawsuits. NAFSA, the Association of International Educators, has tallied roughly 1,400 revocations. The federal government indicated to congressional committees on April 10 that it had terminated…