White House reverses the course on foreign student visas endings

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The Trump Administration has reversed the course on the completion of the visa records of hundreds of foreign students, leaning -increasing the criticism and legal judgments of its pressure campaign against universities.

In a judicial presentation on Friday, the Department of Justice said it would restore the necessary records to be eligible for a student visa until it had issued a new policy on how to legally terminate students’ rights to study in the United States.

Brusca reversion followed criticism from United States Universitieswhich is based on foreign students paying heavy registration fees. Students had also launched demands against Trump Administration on visa cancellations.

Change is another sign of turbulence in the aggressive anti-immigration campaign of Donald Trump, which has seen federal courts govern against Some of the most controversial deportations of the administration.

Friday’s decision leaves uncertainty about the future of about 1,500 students who had lost their visa state. It is unclear whether students who have abandoned the United States will be able to re -request visas and receive them to the bodies abroad, said Fanta Aw, CEO of NAFSA, a group of universities involved in international education.

The Department of Justice said that on Friday he reinstated the purged records of the Visitors and Exchange Visitors Information System (SEVV), many of which ended without any explanation. Some of the visas endings were the result of minor offenses such as traffic crimes.

“We have not invested the course in a single visa revocation. What we did is restore SEVs access for people who had not revoked their visa,” said the Deputy Secretary of the National Security Department, Tricia McLaughlin.

The action does not affect the separated wave of arrests and deportations led by foreign students accused of threatening national security due to their association with pro-palestine protests.

AW warned that the Trump Administration’s decision to stop removing SEVis records does not indicate the end of the reduction of foreign students, but could lead to tougher and tougher regulations.

“This is just a chapter with more to come,” said AW. “Conceivedly, the administration will return with the new regulations that would allow the infractions to be sufficient for their revocation.”

The White House did not respond immediately to a comment request.

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