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Visa Delays at Backlogged Immigration Service Strand International Students By Erica L. GreenJune 16, 2019 Columbia University’s campus in New York. University officials and students at several colleges, including Columbia, say the delayed visa approvals have thrown some international students into crisis.Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Columbia University’s campus in New York. University officials and …

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On September 5, 2017, the Trump Administration rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. For more information on the rescission of DACA, see AILA’s Practice Alert: Trump Administration Rescinds DACA.  On September 8, 2017, the University of court to enjoin the implementation of the rescission. On January 9, 2018, the district court issued …

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By MICHAEL D. SHEARJAN. 9, 2018 WASHINGTON — In the middle of an intense political fight about the program that shields from deportation young immigrants who were brought illegally to the United States as children, a federal judge in California issued a nationwide injunction late Tuesday ordering the Trump administration to start the program back …

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