The Trump government has reneged on its controversial decision to deny visas to foreign students whose classes would remain virtual at the start of the academic year due to a pandemic, a federal judge announced on Tuesday.
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The decision, announced by immigration police on July 6, had been challenged in court by Harvard and MIT universities, with the support of many other universities, teacher unions and nearly 20 states in the United States.
" The parties have reached a solution (...) the government has agreed to quash the decision, " said the judge during a brief hearing.