ICE bars newly enrolled international students from entering the US if their classes will be online
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced on Friday that international students who newly enrolled in classes after March 9 "will not be able to enter the U.S." if all of their courses are online in the fall.
"Nonimmigrant students in new or initial status after March 9 will not be able to enter the U.S. to enroll in a U.S. school as a nonimmigrant student for the fall term to pursue a full course of study that is 100 percent online," the announcement stated.
This rule comes after the Trump administration rescinded an initial order, which banned international students from remaining in the US if their schools are "operating entirely online."
The policy had appeared to allow students to stay if they took a combination of online and in-person classes. But limited information sowed confusion among universities, as they scurried to find ways to protect international students from potential deportation.
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