ICE has apparently not yet fully melted

Although it was widely reported that there had been a reversal on the Trump administration order banning international students from being in the U.S. if they were taking only online courses, apparently that issue has not been completely resolved.

From Inside Higher Ed: A coalition of 17 states and the District of Columbia that filed a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration directive barring international students from taking exclusively online courses says they want to see more action from the government before they determine whether the rescission of that directive will satisfy their concerns. The Trump administration agreed to rescind the July 6 directive in response to a separate lawsuit filed by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reverting to a policy issued in March that gave current students flexibility to take classes online for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic.

But a filing in the multistate lawsuit led by the state of Massachusetts notes that the government has not published formal notice of the revocation or amended a field manual for consular officials that directs them to reject visa applications from students whose course of study would be online. The filing also notes the continued lack of guidance around the implications of the rescission of the July 6 policy for new international students...

Full story at https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/07/24/states-demand-action-ice-international-students