Washington, July 15 -- Giving relief to students, President Donald Trump-led administration has rescinded its policy that would bar international students who only take online courses from staying in the US, media reports said.

The decision was announced on Tuesday by a federal court, nearly a week after the Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that students at schools offering only online courses due to the coronavirus pandemic would need to either leave the US or transfer schools.

The change in the decision taken by the Department of Homeland Security came during the time of hearing at a federal district court about a lawsuit filed by Harvard University and MIT seeking a temporary injunction of the new guidelines.

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