The Trump administration is walking back visa record terminations for thousands of students across the U.S. after suffering numerous losses in court and admitting last week that officials do not have the authority to terminate students’ immigration statuses by revoking their records.

In court on Friday, the Justice Department said that it is reinstating the records for thousands of international students in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, or SEVIS, records system. On Thursday, students had reported having their SEVIS records restored without any explanation as to why.

Over the past weeks, the administration has changed the immigration statuses of at least 1,800, and likely thousands, of international students, sparking anguish and confusion for students left in limbo by the changes.

At first, it appeared as though the administration was targeting pro-Palestine student activists in........

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