Trump administration to restore foreign students' legal status, for now

Decision comes amid legal challenges mounted by visa holders

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People leave a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's administration and against student visas being revoked at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 17. © Reuters

BOSTON, U.S. (Reuters) -- The Trump administration said on Friday it is restoring the previously terminated legal statuses of hundreds of foreign students in the United States while it develops a policy that will provide a framework for potentially ending them in the future.

The decision was announced during a court hearing before a federal judge in Boston who is presiding over a challenge by one of the many international students across the country suing over actions the administration took against them as part of Republican President Donald Trump's hardline crackdown on immigration.

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