Donald Trump's decision had shocked academia and even led to legal action. The US government has finally given up on denying visas to foreign students, whose lessons would remain virtual at the start of the academic year due to a pandemic, a federal judge announced on Tuesday July 14.

The decision, announced by immigration police on July 6, had been challenged in court by Harvard and MIT universities, with the support of many other universities, teachers' unions and nearly 20 states in the United States.

"The parties have reached a solution (...) the government has agreed to annul the decision," said the judge during a brief hearing.

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