JTA — The Justice Department announced Friday that it will walk back the cancellations of hundreds of student visas amid mounting legal pressure.

It was not immediately clear whether the reversals would affect any of the high-profile cases of students whose visas were revoked because of their participation in anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protests.

Instead, the announcement related directly to a different set of revocations that have been more widespread: of students who had ever been arrested, even for minor infractions or who had charges dismissed. Those revocations, which have affected students from around the world studying across the country, have drawn more than 100 legal challenges and rulings against the government in at least 50 cases, according to Politico.

Now, the Justice Department says it won’t cancel any more student visas based on records in the........

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