Administration is restoring international students' legal statuses while ICE develops 'framework' for terminations

The Trump administration is restoring the legal status of international students who had their records terminated in recent weeks, a government attorney said Friday at a hearing. 

Elizabeth D. Kurlan, an attorney for the Justice Department, said during the hearing in the Northern District of California in Oakland that records for international students will be reactivated for the time being, as Immigration and Customs Enforcement crafts a new policy that will “provide a framework for status record termination.” 

The move comes weeks after the Trump administration began revoking the visas of some thousands of international students in addition to their records and legal statuses, seemingly taking aim at those who’ve participated in political activism or have had previous charges, like DUIs...