International students no longer at risk for deportation due to online classes

The Trump administration rescinded a policy that would have forced international students to take in-person classes in the fall or risk deportation after college campuses closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The decision was announced at the beginning of the first court hearing in a federal lawsuit filed by Harvard University and M.I.T. The administration also faced seven other lawsuits, including one filed by the state of California. All three public college and university systems in California opposed the new policy.