Several international students at the Rochester of Institute of Technology whose legal status was terminated by the federal government are now reinstated in an immigration database.
The Trump administration reportedly reversed course on terminating foreign students’ legal status after several court challenges, including those filed by three RIT students whose statuses were recently revoked.
It is unclear whether the three students were among those whose status was restored. Five other RIT students and about a dozen University of Rochester students also had their visas or statuses revoked.
RIT staff noticed Thursday night that some student names were reinstated in the federal Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), spokesperson Carl Langsenkamp said. But he would not say how many.
At least 1,220 students at 187 colleges, universities and university systems have had their visas revoked or their legal status terminated since late March, according to an Associated Press report based on a review of university statements, correspondence with school officials and court records.
University of Rochester spokesperson Sara Miller said in a statement that three of the nine students at that school who had their legal status terminated have had it reinstated.
"The situation is still unfolding and we are continuing to closely monitor things," she added.
