US backtracks in standoff with Harvard and MIT over foreign student visas
Judge says the Trump administration has rescinded policy that sparked a confrontation with hundreds of colleges
14 July 2020 - 23:10
Washington — The US backed down from a high-profile confrontation with Harvard University, MIT and hundreds of other universities and colleges over foreign student visas, ending a standoff that could have sent thousands of students back to their home countries and left schools scrambling to plan for the autumn semester.
US district judge Allison Burroughs on Tuesday announced that the government had agreed to rescind a new policy requiring international students to take at least one in-person class, even amid the resurgent coronavirus pandemic...
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