Trump administration rescinds student visa order
Posted July 14, 2020 5:45 pm.
Last Updated July 14, 2020 6:57 pm.
To the relief of thousands of foreign students in the U-S, the Trump administration has rescinded an order that would have forced them to transfer schools or leave the country if their classes were entirely online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The decision was announced as a court hearing was getting underway on a challenge to the rule by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
University leaders had suggested the new rule was part of U-S President Donald Trump’s effort to pressure schools and colleges to reopen this fall, even as COVID-19 number rise.
More to come.