(NPR) ICE Agrees To Rescind Policy Barring Foreign Students From Online Study In the U.S.

ICE Agrees To Rescind Policy Barring Foreign Students From Online Study In the U.S.








Harvard University, shown here, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology sued the Trump administration over a rule change that would have barred international college students from taking online course loads in the U.S. In court on Tuesday, a judge announced the government would rescind the directive.



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ICE Agrees To Rescind Policy Barring Foreign Students From Online Study In the U.S.






A federal judge announced on Tuesday that ICE has reached an agreement with schools that sued it over the rule change. The directive will now be rescinded nationwide.