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I started with nearly a dozen citations of student visas being reinstated - from single-digits to scores of students at larger schools - before I came across this particular story.
"The SEVIS terminations in recent weeks have created a sense of deep, deep unsettlement, deep fear across many international students, regardless of whether they've been personally affected," said Elora Mukherjee, the director of the Immigrants' Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School, in an interview with Morning Edition.
After weeks of confusion and legal battles, the Department of Justice said on April 25 it has restored, or plans to restore, the records of hundreds of students in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, or SEVIS. Without those records, students couldn't stay in the U.S., even if they were about to graduate or still in good standing with their schools."
The dramatic shift was announced in court proceedings across the country Friday and follows a flurry of legal action filed by students who said their legal status was being cancelled without explanation.
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By Friday evening, more than 240 SEVIS accounts had been restored across 64 different schools, according to a preliminary CNN tally. Lawyers representing students who have filed legal action in New Hampshire, Georgia and Pennsylvania also told CNN that their clients were receiving notices of reinstatement from their schools.
During a hearing Friday, a Justice Department attorney said ICE was in the process of reinstating the records of all the students who had been terminated in that process, not just those who had filed lawsuits."
It bears notice, though, they haven't admitted error, and intend to move forward in the future. Every District Court that has been exposed to this process has condemned it.
U.S. restores legal status for many students, but the threat may still drive away top talent (NPR)
"More than 1,500 international students across the country have been living in fear after their student visas were suddenly cancelled in recent weeks, even if they had done nothing wrong."The SEVIS terminations in recent weeks have created a sense of deep, deep unsettlement, deep fear across many international students, regardless of whether they've been personally affected," said Elora Mukherjee, the director of the Immigrants' Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School, in an interview with Morning Edition.
After weeks of confusion and legal battles, the Department of Justice said on April 25 it has restored, or plans to restore, the records of hundreds of students in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, or SEVIS. Without those records, students couldn't stay in the U.S., even if they were about to graduate or still in good standing with their schools."
Trump backs down in legal fight over canceling international students’ status records for now (CNN)
"The Trump administration is backing down from a multi-state legal fight over sweeping actions taken by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement that potentially terminated the immigration status of thousands of international students studying in the United States.The dramatic shift was announced in court proceedings across the country Friday and follows a flurry of legal action filed by students who said their legal status was being cancelled without explanation.
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By Friday evening, more than 240 SEVIS accounts had been restored across 64 different schools, according to a preliminary CNN tally. Lawyers representing students who have filed legal action in New Hampshire, Georgia and Pennsylvania also told CNN that their clients were receiving notices of reinstatement from their schools.
During a hearing Friday, a Justice Department attorney said ICE was in the process of reinstating the records of all the students who had been terminated in that process, not just those who had filed lawsuits."
It bears notice, though, they haven't admitted error, and intend to move forward in the future. Every District Court that has been exposed to this process has condemned it.
