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No New Foreign Students For All-Online Classes - US
The United States announced Friday it will not take in any new foreign
students seeking online-only study
The policy change was announced in a statement by Immigration and Customs
Enforcement.
President Donald Trump has made a tough line on immigration a cornerstone of
his message and has suspended several kinds of visas for foreigners during the
coronavirus crisis.
The original policy change of revoking the visas of foreign students whose
classes will move online in the autumn was taken to court by top universities
including Harvard and MIT, teachers unions and at least 18 states.
And on July 14 the administration reversed course and rescinded the decision.
That measure had been seen as a move by Trump to put pressure on educational
institutions that are adopting a cautious approach to reopening amid the
global COVID-19 pandemic.
