The Trump administration on Tuesday abruptly abandoned its attempt to force foreign students to leave the United States if all of their classes are online-only this fall… in a stunning reversal to a policy announced just last week. A Massachusetts U.S. district judge said the U.S. government and Harvard and MIT that sued over the measure had come to a settlement that would roll back the new rules and restore the previous status quo. The universities argued the measure was unlawful and would adversely affect their academic institutions. A flurry of lawsuits, including one brought by a coalition of state governments, were filed after Harvard’s legal action and major tech companies and dozens of colleges and universities filed “friend-of-the-court” briefs opposing the rule. Tuesday’s news came as a relief for the more than a million foreign students at U.S. colleges and universities. Many schools depend on revenue from foreign students, who often pay full tuition.
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Trump reverses decision on foreign students
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