Weeks after the Trump administration rescinded its controversial rule that banned foreign students taking online-only courses, it announced today that it will not take in any new foreign students for online-only study, the AFP stated in a report. This change in the policy was announced by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
On July 6, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had unveiled new guidelines for F-1 and M-1 visas given to students restricting them to only students who take in-person courses or a combination of online and in-person courses. Those who take only online courses would not be eligible for the visa, the rule stated.
However, the order was later rescinded and a sudden U-turn by the Trump administration had come following a nationwide outrage against its order and a series of lawsuits filed by numerous educational institutions, led by the prestigious Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), seeking a permanent injunctive relief to bar the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from enforcing the federal guidelines barring international students attending colleges and universities offering only online courses from staying in the country
Writer:Siddhant Gupta
27/07/2020
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