About a week after Auburn University announced that 15 students and campus personnel had their visas revoked, university officials said the student visas were reinstated.
“We are pleased to report that the federal government reinstated all affected Auburn students to active status,” Jennifer Wood Adams, executive director of public affairs at Auburn, wrote in a statement Wednesday. “We are not providing any additional details about the affected individuals to protect their privacy.”
The status of other personnel was not immediately clear on Friday.
According to a Politico report last week, the Trump administration said in federal court it was reversing course and reinstating visas for many international students and alumni.
Two Troy University students also had their visas reinstated.
“We are grateful that the administration is reevaluating its approach to the visas and status of international students. Attracting the brightest minds from around the world benefits us all,” Troy Chancellor Jack Hawkins wrote in a statement Monday. “International students make valuable contributions to critical industries through research, innovation and scholarship.”
According to The Associated Press, at least 1,000 students at 160 colleges, universities and university systems have had their visas revoked or their legal status terminated since late March.
Trump’s widespread immigration actions have also led to the wrongful arrest of several people with legal status, including Maryland resident Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia and three U.S. citizen children under the age of 10, including one with Stage 4 cancer.
Alireza Doroudi, a doctoral student at the University of Alabama, was detained by Immigration Customs and Enforcement in March. Doroudi was denied bond on April 17, but the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has not named any charges.
A message seeking comment on Doroudi’s and other UA international students’ status was left with the University of Alabama Friday morning. President Donald Trump spoke at a commencement-related event at the university Thursday, where he praised his immigration policy.
Read more at AlabamaReflector.com.