Trump halts stripping visas from foreign students flagged in crime database

Fuente: New York Post

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration revealed Friday it would stop terminating visas for hundreds of foreign students with even minor criminal backgrounds — at least for now. In a federal court hearing in Washington, DC, a Justice Department attorney announced the shift would be temporary as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) develops a new policy to flag foreigners subject to deportation who are also studying under the F-1 visa regime, The New York Times reported. Until then, no overseas scholar will have their visa rescinded “solely based” on information in the National Crime Information Center, DC assistant US attorney Joseph Carilli said in a written statement read out in court.