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ICE, Trump Admin Rescind Rule Stopping Foreign Students From Staying in Country

The backtracking comes shortly after Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology sued over the rule.

Both the Trump administration and U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement have backtracked on enforcing an order that that would require foreign students studying at U.S. universities to leave the country if their fall courses are online due to the coronavirus. The news was announced during a hearing in federal court in Massachusetts on Tuesday. ICE will reportedly revert to the guidelines it had issued on March 9, which states that “nonimmigrant students are able to continue to make normal progress in a full course of study as required by federal regulations.” The announcement comes after Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology sued ICE July 8 over the proposed rule. More than 200 universities nationwide signed court briefs in support of the Harvard and MIT suit.