International students in Georgia started seeing their visa statuses changed days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the Trump administration has prioritized scrutinizing international students.
Soon after, 133 affected students from around the country filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against the officials in the Trump administration, alleging Immigration and Customs Enforcement illegally terminated their student status.
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Victoria Calvert granted temporary relief for these students, requiring the students’ previous non-immigrant visa status to be reinstated. Other judges in the country have granted temporary relief to international students as well.
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