The Trump administration has reversed course on terminating the visa registrations of hundreds of foreign students, bowing to rising criticism and legal judgments from its pressure campaign against the universities.
In a court filing on Friday, the Department of Justice said it would reinstate the records required to be eligible for a student visa until it had issued a new policy on how to legally rescind students’ rights to study in the US.
The abrupt reversal followed criticism from US universities, which rely on foreign students paying hefty tuition fees. Students had also launched lawsuits against the Trump administration over the visa cancellations.