“The government agreed to annul” the decision: judge (of representation)
New York:
The US government has overturned its controversial decision to revoke international student visas whose courses are taught online due to a coronavirus, a federal judge said on Tuesday.
Harvard and MIT universities, with the support of a number of other institutions, had taken legal action against the decision announced on July 6 by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
“The government has agreed to reverse” the decision and any implementation of the directive, said judge Allison Burroughs at a brief hearing.
Earlier this month, Harvard and MIT had asked the court to block the order announced by the ICE that students must leave the country if their lessons are only online, or be transferred to a school offering lessons in person. .
The move was seen as a decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to put pressure on educational institutions taking a cautious reopening approach in the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
The universities said in their lawsuit that the order would “immensely” harm students, both personally and financially.
There were more than a million international students in the United States for the 2018-19 academic year, according to the Institute of International Education (IIE).
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