The Trump administration, in response to a lawsuit filed by
Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as
well as several other suits, agreed to rescind its surprise
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) directive. We previously
blogged about ICE's Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP)
July 6th announcement, prohibiting foreign students from
studying in the United States where their colleges and universities
had canceled in-person class instruction.
Background
Dozens of colleges and universities, including Brown University,
Cornell University, Princeton University, and the University of
Pennsylvania, as well as several prominent U.S. companies, filed an
amicus brief in support of Harvard's motion for a preliminary
injunction. The hearing had been slated for July 15th, in front of
Massachusetts federal judge, Allison D. Burroughs, but concluded in
just a few minutes after acknowledgments by both parties,
Harvard/MIT and U.S. Department
