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Rule reversal eases uncertainty for international students in Florida

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Rule reversal eases uncertainty for international students in Florida

| 7/16/2020

Rule reversal eases uncertainty for international students in Florida

The Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded rules that could have put thousands of foreign students in Florida at risk of deportation if their fall semester classes were held entirely online during the coronavirus pandemic. The policy reversal was announced a little over a week after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said foreign students would not be allowed to remain in the country if their universities and colleges offered only online classes to them. More from the News Service of Florida, CBS Miami, and the AP.

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