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Trump Administration Rescinds Visa Rule Amid Widespread Pushback

By  Andy Thomason
July 14, 2020
Security line at Denver International Airport
Kitt Hodsden via Wikimedia Commons

The Trump administration has rescinded guidance that would have prohibited international students from studying at campuses offering online-only instruction this fall. The move came on Tuesday amid widespread pushback from the higher-education community that included multiple lawsuits and a near-unanimous chorus of protest, alleging unnecessary cruelty by the White House during a deadly pandemic.

NEWS: Government has agreed to rescind the July 6 policy on international students and online learning and FAQ released the next day. Also agreed to rescind any implementation and will return to status quo of March 9 guidance

— Karin Fischer (@karinfischer) July 14, 2020

The administration announced the decision to rescind the guidance at a hearing related to a lawsuit, brought by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, that challenged the rule. According to several reports, the federal judge presiding over the case, Allison D. Burroughs, announced on Tuesday afternoon that the two sides had reached a resolution.

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The Trump administration has rescinded guidance that would have prohibited international students from studying at campuses offering online-only instruction this fall. The move came on Tuesday amid widespread pushback from the higher-education community that included multiple lawsuits and a near-unanimous chorus of protest, alleging unnecessary cruelty by the White House during a deadly pandemic.

NEWS: Government has agreed to rescind the July 6 policy on international students and online learning and FAQ released the next day. Also agreed to rescind any implementation and will return to status quo of March 9 guidance

— Karin Fischer (@karinfischer) July 14, 2020

The administration announced the decision to rescind the guidance at a hearing related to a lawsuit, brought by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, that challenged the rule. According to several reports, the federal judge presiding over the case, Allison D. Burroughs, announced on Tuesday afternoon that the two sides had reached a resolution.

The news will come as a relief to American colleges, many of which are planning a hybrid model of instruction and are worried that a sudden change in teaching plans during the coming semester would force their international students to leave the country. Some campuses, planning to operate online only, had been scrambling to figure out a way for international students to remain eligible for their visas.

It was not immediately clear on Tuesday afternoon whether the Trump administration planned to replace the rescinded guidance with something else. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier on Tuesday that the administration was considering trimming down the guidance to apply only to newly enrolling international students.

The outstanding question: Will the administration try to come back with a more limited international students policy, perhaps one restricted just to new students, as suggested in White House leaks earlier this afternoon?

— Karin Fischer (@karinfischer) July 14, 2020

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Andy Thomason is an assistant managing editor at The Chronicle and the author of the book Discredited: The UNC Scandal and College Athletics’ Amateur Ideal.
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